Due to severe weather on January 22nd, meetings in Zones 5 and 6 have been rescheduled for Wednesday January 29, 2014. Please see details below. Annual Zone Meetings have been booked as described below. There will be an election in Zone 6 (Wayne MacKay), a Member-at-Large (Terry Prescott). Members are reminded that they can attend any of the Zone Meetings but will only be able […]
Dr. Yuri Montanholi, Dalhousie University Faculty of Agriculture, Beef Research Chair discusses his research on biological predictors for feed efficiency at the 2013 Beef Innovations Conference in Alberta. Please click here for the link to Dr. Montanholi’s Video Presentation [new window]
COLPITTS, ROBERT “BOB” MERLE – With great sadness the family of Robert “Bob” Merle Colpitts of Fredericton, NB, beloved husband of Eva (Cranton) Colpitts, announces his passing on Sunday, January 12, 2014 at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital, Fredericton, NB. Born on May 2, 1933 at Colpitts Settlement, Albert County, NB, he was the son of the late Leigh and Annie (Fenton) Colpitts. Bob […]
Mark Your Calendars!! The NSCP Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday February 22, 2014 at the Best Western Glengarry in Truro starting at 10:00 am. Annual Zone Meetings have been booked as described below. This year is an election year in Zone 3 (Marilyn Carter) and Zone 6 (Wayne MacKay), a Member-at-Large (Terry Prescott). Zone 1 will also have a by-election. Members are […]
To view results from the December Feeder Sale, please see the following: December 7, 2013 Atlantick Stockyards Feeder Sale [PDF] Atlantic Stockyards have announced dates for the 2013 Winter Feeder Sales. Thursday January 16 Thursday February 13 Thursday March 13 Saturday April 12 Saturday May 3 Notes: Vaccinated cattle will be uniquely identified, all cattle will be sold by order of arrival. Vaccinated cattle must be […]
Manure Composting in Southern Alberta’s Beef Feedlot Industry Dr. Frank Larney Dr. Frank Larney will present a ‘Manure Composting in Southern Alberta’s Feedlot Industry’ seminar on Thursday December 5, 2013 starting at 3pm in Room 257 of the Cox Institute, located at the Dalhousie Agriculture Campus. Since the mid-1990s, composting has been increasingly adopted as an alternative means of handling manure generated by southern Alberta’s […]
Atlantic Stockyards have announced dates for the 2013 Winter Feeder Sales. Saturday December 7 Thursday January 16 Thursday February 13 Thursday March 13 Saturday April 12 Saturday May 3 Notes: Vaccinated cattle will be uniquely identified, all cattle will be sold by order of arrival. Vaccinated cattle must be accompanied by a vaccination declaration. Producers are encouraged to pre register all feeder cattle as early […]
This is notice that there will be a meeting for dealers and drovers on Thursday December 5, 2013 starting at 11:30am in Room #6 of the Administration Building at Perennia Park. This meeting will be to provide updates from the May meeting as well as discuss licensing requirements in Nova Scotia. Refreshments will be served. Directions to Perennia Park (new window)
After listening to ideas from both commercial and purebred breeders, the Board of Directors of the Maritime Beef Testing Society has made the decision to offer a consignment Heifer Sale at the annual spring Bull Sale On April 5, 2014. At the September board meeting the decision was made to not offer the heifer test as it has been conducted in the past. Feed back […]