Beef Industry

According to Agriculture Canada’s Drought Monitor, 82 per cent of the agricultural regions of the three prairie provinces were either “abnormally dry” or in “moderate to extreme drought” as of the end of May. (Advocate file photo)

Recent rain may not be enough to halt the shrinking of Canada’s cattle herd

Hundreds of cattle farmers who have seen their pastures wither, water supplies dry up this June

 

Cattle look out from a pen at the Thorlakson Feedyards near Airdrie, Alta., Thursday, May 28, 2020. Canada says it has regained market access to Taiwan for Canadian beef and beef products from animals over 30 months of age. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Taiwan opens doors to more Canadian beef 20 years after mad cow disease

Taiwan imposed import restrictions on beef from animals both over and under 30 months in 2003

 

British trade secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan poses for a photo after an interview in Ottawa on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle

Beef emerging as sticking point in free trade talks between Canada and Britain

Trade secretary says UK will not compromise on allowing hormone-treated Canadian beef into Britain