2017 Maritime Beef Conference Registration Package
2017 Maritime Beef Conference Registration Package
The Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture is pleased to notify you that the Nova Scotia Premises ID Program has launched an online system that can be used by producers and others responsible for livestock premises to apply for premises identification (PID) numbers and to manage the information related to a premises on an on-going basis. Premises identification is a way of linking livestock and poultry […]
The NSCP Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday March 18, 2017 at the Best Western Glengarry in Truro starting at 12:00 pm. Annual Zone Meetings have been booked as described below. This year is an election year in Zone 3 (Ralph Thompson) and Zone 6 (Wayne MacKay), a Member-at-Large (George Smith). Members are reminded that they can attend any of the Zone Meetings but […]
By: Gayle Smith An interesting question came up when a panel of seedstock producers took the stage during an open house at the University of Nebraska Gudmundsen Research facility in Whitman, Neb. A producer from the audience wanted to know if he selects bulls for lower birth weights, is he short-changing himself? There has been a lot of buzz around the industry lately about how […]
Frank M. Berkelaar – 76, Harmony, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family, on Sunday, August 14, 2016, at Colchester East Hants Health Centre, Truro. Born in Vinkeveen, Holland, he was a son of the late Jan and Anneke (van Rossunn) Berkelaar and immigrated to Canada in 1953. Celebration of Frank’s life will be held 2 p.m., Saturday, August 20, 2016, at Maritime Cattle […]