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In almost 20 years of running Cattleland Feedyards near Strathmore, Keith Gregory (ACFA Board Member) has never seen a feed shortage like much of the industry is now experiencing. There is some light at the end of the tunnel for the 25,000-head operation as Canadian Pacific Railway has increased shipments of corn from the U.S., […]
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Canadian farmers say they are just days away from running out of feed for cattle, due to severe drought last summer damaging crops needed to fatten them over winter and transportation bottlenecks. The drought devastated Prairie pastures and has now forced feedlots in Alberta, the main cattle-producing province, to buy […]
“We are still waiting for December’s unit train and it’s the end of January now.” According to the Alberta Cattle Feeders Association, 8,000 rail cars of corn had been shipped from the U.S. in 2021 as of mid-December. In 2020, just 600 rail cars of corn had been shipped from the U.S. by the same […]
Janice Tranberg, president of the Alberta Cattle Feeders Association, called the amounts of corn imports into Canada “unprecedented.” “The feeders are looking to bring dried distillers grains and corn from the U.S. up as much as they can,” she said. One of the biggest challenges is moving so much corn, she added. “This isn’t a […]
“There’s been delays in shipments on the rail side, we’re short of labor, we’re short of truck drivers, it’s just kind of been the perfect storm,” said Janice Tranberg, president and CEO of the Alberta Cattle Feeders Association. Full CTV story here
Some Alberta cattle producers say a feed shortage has reached a crisis situation on the Prairies. The Alberta Cattle Feeders Association says several large feedlots, housing anywhere from 20-thousand to 40-thousand head of cattle, have indicated they could run out of food within days. The industry says the effects of last season’s drought have been […]
The Alberta Cattle Feeders Association estimates over 75 per cent of its members have had corn shipments delayed, and almost 100% have had shipments of distillers’ dried grains delayed and are either out or will soon be out. “Several larger feedlots have indicated that they will run out of all feed in a few days,” […]
“In 30 years of business, I’ve never experienced where we don’t know what we’re going to feed the cattle Monday morning.” says ACFa member Leighton Kolk. An unprecedented situation is unfolding right now in Canadian cattle country, where industry groups say a widespread feed shortage has escalated into a crisis situation. Full story here ACFA […]
“With a large cross-border trade of incoming feeder cattle, and export of fed cattle, this will have an significant impact on our industry as a large number of drivers have not been vaccinated,” says Janice Tranberg, executive director of the Alberta Cattle Feeders Association. The cattle industry is not the only sector that is concerned […]
or feedlot operator Ryan Kasko, the big factor is plain to see — a shortage of processing capacity in Canada “One of the biggest challenges is that there are too many cattle in North America for the capacity that the packers have to process them,” said Kasko, CEO of Kasko Cattle Company in Coaldale. “Beef […]
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