Headlines

March 28 April 1, 2016

CETA
CETA deal will open up new markets for Canadian beef
Manitoba Co-operator - March 24, 2016
http://www.manitobacooperator.ca/news-opinion/news/ceta-deal-will-open-up-new-markets-for-canadian-beef/

Selling beef to Europe requires commitment to high quality

Manitoba Co-operator March 28, 2016
http://www.manitobacooperator.ca/news-opinion/news/selling-beef-to-europe-requires-commitment-to-high-quality/

International Trade
More grain-fed Canadian beef to hit Chinese plates
ENCS Wire March 28, 2016
http://www.ecns.cn/business/2016/03-28/204561.shtml

Revenues spike for beef and pork producers on U.S. drought, pig disease
Global News March 31, 2016
http://globalnews.ca/news/2610554/revenues-spike-for-beef-and-pork-producers-on-u-s-drought-pig-disease/

BIXS
Database follows the money to the packing plant
Alberta Farm Express March 30, 2016
http://www.albertafarmexpress.ca/2016/03/30/carcass-data-study-shows-elite-cattle-worth-more-than-200-a-head/

On-Farm Practices
Cattle producers go partially promotant-free
The Western Producer March 24, 2016
http://www.producer.com/2016/03/cattle-producers-go-partially-promotant-free/

Rethinking strategic deworming in beef cattle

Canadian Cattlemens Magazine March 30, 2016
http://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/2016/03/30/rethinking-strategic-deworming-in-beefcattle/?utm_source=FBC+Publications&utm_campaign=212e7a3f38Canadian+Cattlemen+daily+enews+Apr+01%2C+2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2da8244677-212e7a3f38-88078273

Research
Canadas agricultural research deficit
Country Guide March 29, 2016
http://www.country-guide.ca/2016/03/29/canadas-agricultural-research-deficit/48648/

Canada Funding More Research to Reduce Farm Greenhouse Gases

The Cattle Site March 31, 2016
http://www.thecattlesite.com/news/49493/canada-funding-more-research-to-reduce-farm-greenhouse-gases/

Business
Farming in a troubled economy
Country Guide March 31, 2016
http://www.country-guide.ca/2016/03/31/farming-in-a-troubled-economy/48665/

National Herd
No big surprises in livestock report
Alberta Farm Express March 29, 2016
http://www.albertafarmexpress.ca/2016/03/29/no-big-surprises-in-latest-statscan-livestock-inventory-report/

Sustainability
Ecological services program catching fire in Alberta
Alberta Farmer Express March 28, 2016
http://www.albertafarmexpress.ca/2016/03/28/ecological-services-program-catching-fire-in-alberta/