Category: Rumblings from the Great White North
Canadian Government Tries Carrot Approach to Reduce Cattle Methane
By Will Verboven Contributing Editor Cattle producers know that, sooner or later, their governments will force methane reduction regulations on their industry. Progressive governments and
Hard Times for Cattle Industry in Western Canada
By Will Verboven Contributing Editor It’s been building for about two years in much of western Canada, a sort of trifecta of bad events that
Renewable Energy Projects Have a Dark Side
By Will Verboven Contributing Editor Most folks have seen those towering symbols of the new age of renewable energy, that being the industrial windmill operations,
Hogs and Poultry were First- Are Cattle Next?
By Will Verboven Contributing Editor The SCOTUS ruling supporting the California legislation regulating hog and poultry production practices will have repercussions beyond the U.S. border.
COOL Is Back- But Will It Sell More Beef?
By Will Verboven Contributing Editor It’s a topic your humble writer always treats with some trepidation as it concerns something that is the business of
Beef Merchandising Is Complicated-But Producers Pay One Way or Another
By Will Verboven Contributing Editor The past few months up here in the cold north has seen some heated outrage by the urban media, political
Changing Weather – Bring It On!- Global Warming Is Appreciated in the Great Cold North
By Will Verboven Contributing Editor We like to believe that Alberta is God’s country for people and cattle – but that’s usually only during our
Rumblings From the Great White North: Fake Meat Business Falters
By Will Verboven Contributing Editor It wasn’t too many years ago when urban media headlines proclaimed the imminent demise of the “real” beef market in
Urban/Agriculture Gap Similar in Canada, Just Bigger
By Will Verboven, Contributing Editor MOST AMERICANS visiting the English-speaking parts of Canada probably don’t see a lot of differences between our two countries’ cultural
Water Is Closer Than You Think U.S. Needs to Force a Decision
By Will Verboven, Contributing Editor WATER SCARCITY IN THE U.S. Southwest has become a critical issue, and ways to resolve it are becoming more impossible.