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Taylor Ranches receives 2024 Environmental Stewardship Award
Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) is proud to announce the Taylor family as the recipients of the 2024 Environmental Stewardship Award.
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November 30, 2021
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Hitting reset — rancher style
2021 has been an interesting year for ranchers to say the least. A pandemic year caused the world to appear crazy and in “lockdown” while, those of us in rural communities, were dumbfounded about what this means to us. Quite frankly, most ranchers just put their heads down and went to work doing what ranchers…
April 9, 2021
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Check-off at Work | Forage U-Pick: An Interactive Forage Species Selection Tool For Western Canada
Beef Cattle Research Council Forage U-Pick tool, currently applicable to Western Canadian producers with a national version expected to launch by 2023, is a tool designed to provide users with information for forage selection, forage seeding rates, and weed management. The Forage U-Pick tool allows you to select specific criteria to narrow down the options of…
February 7, 2021
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What We’re Reading | Alberta Farm Builds Labour Diversity into its Core
Country Guide by Lorraine Stevenson The sun is barely up but VRP Farms Ltd., a half hour north of Lethbridge, is already humming. Pen riders saddle their horses and barn labourers are shipping, sorting and processing. Feed drivers put their trucks in gear, operators of high hoes and manure trucks shuttle about the site, and…
February 2, 2021
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What We’re Reading | Better Rural Broadband Internet is Coming — Eventually
Alberta Farmer Express by Jennifer Blair Ottawa’s pledge to spend $2 billion to bring decent broadband service to rural and remote areas is welcome news, but the devil will be in the details, say officials in Alberta. “I’m encouraged to see the funding, but the full delivery of it is the next question — how…
February 1, 2021
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Virtually There: Pivoting agribusiness in a pandemic
Sure, a lot of ranch work really is pandemic friendly, like feeding cows, baling hay, fixing machinery. But let’s face it. Raising cattle, and in fact all of agriculture, is really a people business. Time and again you will hear it’s the people, plus the animals, that make this a special way of life. So…
January 31, 2021
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What We’re Reading | Elon Musk’s Starlink Offers Fast Internet Connections to Rural Canadians. But it’s not Cheap
CBC News by Thomas Daigle When Vernon Kejick got a first taste of Starlink satellite internet on the Pikangikum First Nation, his initial review was succinct. “All I can say is it’s a lot faster than what I had before,” he said. Kejick’s response highlights a long-running disparity that may finally have met a resolution….
September 15, 2020
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What We’re Reading | Zoom & Skype Call Tips (the Secrets of Video Conferences)
If you’ve ever joined more than three people on a Skype or Zoom conference call, I hope you’ll appreciate these tips, and perhaps share them: Sit close to the screen. Your face should fill most of it. Use an external microphone or headset. When you’re not talking, hit mute. Don’t eat during the meeting. When…
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Taylor Ranches receives 2024 Environmental Stewardship Award
Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) is proud to announce the Taylor family as the recipients of the 2024 Environmental Stewardship Award.
Meet the Taylors
Cattle Report
Updated: 19/09/2024
Steers
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Heifers
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Choice Steers
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Choice Heifers
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Boner Cows
Over 500 lbs: 255.68
Canadian Dollar
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Livestock Price Insurance Index
| Expiry | Fed | Feeder | Calf |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16-Dec-24 | 224 | 302 | -- |
| 10-Feb-25 | 226 | 306 | -- |
| 10-Mar-25 | 222 | 302 | -- |
| 7-Apr-25 | 228 | 304 | -- |
| 5-May-25 | 232 | 308 | -- |
| 2-June-25 | 238 | 312 | -- |
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Last Updated on September 20, 2024
