The conference set for August 15 to 17 is set to be a jammed pack few days, including business meetings, live cattle demonstrations and Bov-Innovation sessions amongst other events.

The Canadian Beef Industry Conference is growing after a successful event last year. The theme of this year’s Canadian Beef Industry Conference, which takes place August 15 to 17 in Calgary, is “Sharing Common Ground” and will focus on connectivity.

As the Earth’s population increases and middle income classes rise in several developing regions, so does the demand for high quality protein. In 2015, 1.22 million tonnes (carcass weight) of Canadian beef was produced for the world. That number rose to approximately 1.3 million tonnes in 2016, and is forecast to grow.

Calves that are fence-line weaned vocalize 50% less, walk less, and have higher weight gains in the first 10 weeks post weaning compared to conventionally weaned calves1.

CanFax Manager and Senior Analyst Brian Perillat talks about the contributing factors, which led to the rebound of the Canadian cattle market this spring and why producers are in great shape heading into the summer season.