Canadian Beef Farmers Left Out to Dry
By Konner Johnson University of Saskatchewan student Background Canadian beef production is extremely important as each year it contributes an estimated $22 billion to …
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A Bovine Dispute – The “Beef” Regarding Cheese Trade with the United Kingdom
Introduction Improving upon the quantity of trade through expanded volume or number of trading partners is important for the export-reliant Canadian agriculture industry. However, throughout …
Health Canada’s Beef with Ground Meat: Reaction to Proposed FOP Labelling Policy
By Ellie Stauffer University of Saskatchewan student When I was in high school, a classmate of mine announced to the class that he believed …
Enteric Emissions: Should cattle be excused for their belches?
Cow-farts, the climate killer? Enteric methane emissions, or ‘cow farts’, are the by-product of enteric fermentation, a digestive process occurring in all ruminant animals. These …
Net-Zero Beef: It’s Coming and Not from Where You Might Expect
Lab-Grown Meat Lab-grown meat came onto the scene a decade ago and was touted as a potential solution to some of the most critical issues …
Record Beef Prices, Record Cattle Prices
The implications for supply chain profitability Judson Christopherson Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, beef prices on store shelves across North America reached record highs. As …
Transparency on Feedlots
Why Feedlots are a Sustainable and Economically Stable Choice to Produce Meat By Danielle Matonovich, University of Saskatchewan student Source: (Bezan, 2021) What are feedlots? …
The Struggles of Making a Cattle Operation Viable
By: Carson George University of Saskatchewan Student Since late 2014, the cost of ranching has been on the rise, making it very challenging for new …
Should Commercial Beef Herds be Making Greater Use of Artificial Insemination?
By Julie Sharp, University of Saskatchewan Student I grew up on a beef cow/calf farm in Central Alberta which raises purebred Angus cattle, which we …
Where is A&W getting it right?
Why A&W Canada has found success amongst their customers Back in 2015 when SAIFood was launched, we posted one of our most-read blogs “A(mbiguous) & …