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Monthly Update
October 2022
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The Nova Scotia Cattle Producers issue a monthly update to all members, occurring on the last Friday of each month. This is comprised of industry news and updates, upcoming events, upcoming sales and relevant articles.
If you have content to potentially be added, such as an upcoming cattle event/workshop, please contact the NSCP office at 902-893-7455 or office@nscattle.ca.
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Call for Nominations
The NSCP are seeking nominations for three positions to be elected in 2023 for Zone 3, Zone 6 and Member at Large. The Zone Directors will be elected at their respective Zone meetings. The Member at Large will be elected at the NSCP Annual General Meeting on March 11, 2022, with the location to be determined. The nomination period will be open from November 1st – 30th, 2022, with nominees being announced in the December 2022 NSCP newsletter. Please contact the office for a nomination form.
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Have Your Say!
“The next agricultural policy framework, the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (SCAP) is a five-year (2023–2028) investment by federal, provincial, and territorial governments to strengthen and grow Canada's agriculture and agri-food sector. It will replace the Canadian Agricultural Partnership (CAP), which expires March 31, 2023. Before we begin developing programs under this Agreement, we would like to hear from you. Please complete the survey using the link below to ensure you have an opportunity to share your perspectives and emphasize any opportunities and needs.”
https://surveys.novascotia.ca/SCAP
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Canadian Cattle Association - Wants to hear your story!
The Canadian Cattle Association wants to hear your story and are inviting you to share your unique sustainability story with them by recording and submitting a 1–5-minute video.
Using your smartphone camera, tell them your sustainability story.
Click HERE to Share Your Story!
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Foot and Mouth Disease
Please see the Industry Briefing Note from the Canadian Cattle Association. Additional resources on FMD from VBP can be found HERE.
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Bio-Security for Agricultural Sector Travelers Policy Reminder
Read the full policy HERE!
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Beef Cattle Research Council Webinars
Upcoming webinars have been updated on the BCRC website HERE!
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Transportation Manifests
As a reminder, the NSCP Livestock Transportation Manifest can be printed from our website, or books of 50 triplicate copies can be picked up from our office for a fee of $10.00.
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2022 Nova Scotia Minister's Conference for Agriculture
November 3 & 4, 2022
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Rodents, What You Really Need to Know - Webinar
November 9, 2022
- Join Perennia's webinar: Rodents, what you really need to know! These aren’t the cute little Mickeys and Ratatouille. These are disease carrying, product destroying, and audit failing pests. The question is, what can you and your staff do about it? This talk will show you the high impact actions you can take to prevent rodents. We will also cover the control devices you may see around your facility, how they work, and how you can help them work better.
- Full Details HERE!
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Farm Safety: Progressive Agriculture Safety Day
November 14, 2022
- On November 14, Progressive Agriculture Safety Day will be held in Windsor for 7-13 year olds. A great way to spend the school in service day, and learn about farm safety through hands on activities. T-shirt, lunch, snacks and take home goody bag are included. Pre-registration required.
- Full Details HERE!
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Atlantic Beef School: Herd Retention & Replenishment
November 19, 2022
- How to identify which of your own heifers to keep? Or if you are selecting animals to come into your herds how to better evaluate things that may work.
- Genetics and Phenotype evaluation
- Strategies for making decisions
- how to define your goals
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Register HERE!
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Farm Mechanization Show
December 1-3
- Full details can be found HERE!
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NSCP Annual General Meeting
March 11, 2023
- Location to be determined.
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Nova Scotia Cattle Producers - 2022 Gold Sponsor | |
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Nova Scotia Cattle Producers
The NSCP have two programs available for this year:
• Nova Scotia Genetic Improvement Program (formerly the Elite Sire Program, or Bull Bonus) This provides funding for applicable sire purchases, as well as for genomic testing and carcass ultrasound.
• Nova Scotia Soil, Pasture & Forage Management Program This program provides funding for lime purchases, as well as soil, manure and/or feed analyses.
These programs have an application deadline of November 30th, 2022, and are a one-step process application. No applications will be reviewed before the application deadline, so there will be no follow-up on missing documents. Applications will only be considered if all necessary information is provided. Please call the office prior to submitting if you have any questions. Application forms, as well as program guidelines, are available here!
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Nova Scotia
The Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture’s programs for funding for agriculture are now open for the 2022-2023 year! A full list of these programs, such as the Cattle and Sheep Industry Development Program and the Wildlife Mitigation Program, can be found on the Nova Scotia Programs webpage HERE!
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Canada
An all-inclusive information portal is available to help farmers, food processors and agri-food businesses find information on new and existing programs and financial resources to address hardships that many are experiencing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more about at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada website HERE.
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Nova Scotia Cattle Producers - 2022 Presenting Partner | |
Atlantic Stockyards Limited | |
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Feeder Sale (10 am):
- November 8th
- November 22nd
- December 6th
Click Here to visit their website!
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Producers are encouraged to pre-register all feeder cattle as early as possible. Atlantic Stockyards Limited (ASL) will be listing pre-registered cattle on their website.
Click Here to visit their website!
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Brad McCallum, Agri-Commodity Management Association (ACMA), is the host of Maritime AgCast - the industry’s newest podcast based on discussions of important topics for livestock farmers with local, regional and national guests.
This podcast will air episodes, now monthly, ranging in topic from disease management, forage and pasture management, bull selection and many others!
Season 3 begins this fall!
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Simply Verified Beef - The Podcast |
Join VBP+ Coordinators, producers, auditors and other special guests each month as they discuss topics relevant and timely for beef producers all across Canada.
Simply Verified Beef- The Podcast episodes will be released monthly on the 3rd Wednesday of the month.
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