Fatty beef trim prices come back Monday, October 7, 2013 The price of 50 per cent fat trim is making a comeback a little more than a year after a crisis hit the lean finely textured beef (LFTB) industry. Formerly, the fatty and lean ground products were combined to make the ground beef found in American grocery stores. When LFTB demand was wiped out following a series of controversial media reports, there was a glut of the fattier trim, but that glut seems to be over. The reasons cited are an increase in the slaughter of dairy cows, compared to beef cows, as the beef herd shrank. Packers found other uses for the trimmings they formerly sold to now defunct Beef Products Inc. in North Dakota. Imports of lean beef from Oceania and South America are increasing. Flooding at the Cargill plant in Alberta and the E. coli scare at XL Foods both reduced beef sales from Canada. BF Turtles save the day for wind farm opponents Colorado town proposes 'drone' bounty
Cattle Stress Tool May Boost Fertility Friday, June 27, 2025 Kansas State University researchers have developed a cool tool that may help reduce cattle stress and improve artificial insemination (AI) results. The idea came from animal science experts Nicholas Wege Dias and Sandy Johnson, who observed that cattle accustomed to their environment... Read this article online
Ontario pasture lands get $5M boost Friday, June 27, 2025 The governments of Canada and Ontario are investing up to $5 million to strengthen shared community grazing pastures. This funding supports the province’s plan to protect Ontario’s agriculture sector and help cattle farmers improve pasture quality, ensuring long-term sustainability and... Read this article online
Health Canada sets rules for drone spraying Wednesday, June 25, 2025 Health Canada has approved the use of drones, also called Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS), for pesticide application under the Pest Control Products Act (PCPA). Drones are considered aircraft by Transport Canada, but Health Canada treats them differently due to their unique... Read this article online
Twelve Ontario Agri-Businesses Receive Funding Support Wednesday, June 25, 2025 Bioenterprise Canada has announced the successful recipients of the second call for proposals under the Ontario Agri-Food Research Initiative (OAFRI) Commercialization Stream. Twelve organizations across Ontario will receive support to bring innovative agri-food solutions to the... Read this article online
Early Career Research Award supports two Guelph research initiatives Tuesday, June 24, 2025 The 2025 Early Career Research Award was presented to two University of Guelph researchers at the recently held Livestock Research Innovation Corporation (LRIC) symposium. Dr. Kelsey Spence received $40,000 towards her work in on-farm biosecurity research, and Dr. Sam Workenhe was awarded... Read this article online