Monthly Update
August 2024
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Important Upcoming Dates:
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Jun. 25-Dec. 5: Pasture Walk Series
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Sept. 4: Nova Scotia Habitat and Biodiversity Assessment Tool
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Sept. 15: Open Farm Day
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Sept. 18: OFCAF Field Day
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Nov. 8-9: Maritime Beef Conference REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!!
Scroll down to Upcoming Events for more information on any of the above events!
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The Nova Scotia Cattle Producers (NSCP) 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, please contact the NSCP office at 902-893-7455 or office@nscattle.ca.
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CCA Announces National Environmental Stewardship Award recipient from Nova Scotia
The Canadian Cattle Association (CCA) is pleased to announce Holdanca Farms, located near Wallace Bay, Nova Scotia, as the recipient of The Environmental Stewardship Award (TESA) for 2024.
Holdanca Farms is owned and operated by father-daughter duo, John and Maria Duynisveld, who focus on ensuring that their management practices are economically sustainable while also enhancing the environment, which is home to many wildlife species.
They raise grass-fed beef cattle, sheep, pastured pigs and poultry, and can custom graze up to 150 head of beef cattle, depending on the year. They manage the land to benefit both livestock production and environmental sustainability – of their 500 acres, 250 acres is a managed, biodiverse native woodlot, and the other 250 acres is in long-term (30 plus years) pasture production.
Read the full article here!
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Above: Larry Weatherby, NSCP Chair (far left), John and Jane Duynisveld, Holdanca Farm | |
Express your interest by end of day August 30th HERE. | |
Small Cattle Delivered to Atlantic Beef Products - Letter to Suppliers | |
National Beef Strategy Update
The Canadian beef industry has just released a Status Update of its 2020-24 National Beef Strategy outlining many goals attained while overcoming challenges in the industry over the past two years. The Strategy was developed by the Canadian beef industry to collectively capitalize on opportunities. The Strategy has provided guidance despite multiple supply and demand hurdles such as drought, feed shortages and post-pandemic recovery.
Read the update here!
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Perennia Resources:
Prepare for the Unexpected: A Resource on Emergency Response for Food Producers, Processors, Packers, or Storage Facilities
NEW FREE GUIDE: Power outages, major floods, boil orders, fires -- did you know that, for food or beverage facilities, some of these incidents can affect your ability to be certified and/or may need to be addressed with a corrective action report including a detailed root cause analysis?
In the below document, you can find guidance and resources on addressing emergencies and developing a Crisis Management Plan for food or beverage processors, producers, packers and storage facilities.
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Pasture Manual
Pastureland is an integral part of Atlantic Canadian agriculture, using the land for both animal grazing and harvesting forages. Well-managed pastures can improve soil health and biodiversity on-farm. However, many pastures in Atlantic Canada do not realize their full production potential. This manual aims to guide Atlantic Canadian producers on beneficial management practices for pasture management to improve production and environmental sustainability.
Most pastures in Atlantic Canada are not intensively managed. Stocking rates of one cow-calf pair per 3 to 4 acres is common. The potential for increased animal productivity through improved pasture management in Atlantic Canada is huge. On-farm studies have shown that when native pastures are well managed and intensively grazed, stocking rates of 1.0 acre per cow-calf pair or 4-5 ewes per acre are achievable. Farms practicing such intensive management grazing have reported producing over 600 lb of beef per acre and over 200 lb of lamb per acre: three times the productivity expected under a more traditional continuous grazing system.
This project aimed to produce a comprehensive but practical pasture management manual for the Atlantic provinces. The information and recommendations in the manual have been shown to be effective tools in this region for improving animal and pasture productivity. The manual is written from the perspective that animal productivity will improve as a result of improved pasture productivity and health. The manual covers a range of information, including grazing management systems, pasture fertility, fencing, drought management, riparian management and methods for extending the grazing season.
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Climate Adaptation Leadership Program (CALP) Lime Subsidy
The Climate Adaptation Leadership Program (CALP) have developed a new Lime Subsidy Program for Nova Scotia Cattle and Sheep Producers in good standing.
Cattle and sheep producers are eligible for $15/ton of lime purchases for pre-approval (up to a maximum 150 tonnes).
Applications will be accepted until September 30, 2024. Claims will be accepted until December 31, 2024 but can be submitted anytime after approval is received.
**Nova Scotia Cattle Producers are offering an additional $5/ton to eligible producers through the the 2024 Nova Scotia Soil, Pasture & Forage Management Program Application.
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Climate Adaptation Leadership Program: Farm Highlight Opportunity
How have you adapted to our changing climate?
Big or small, we want to hear about the innovative practices you’ve been implementing.
Apply to have your farm highlighted by the Climate Adaptation Leadership Program team!
Approved producers could receive compensation up to $1,000!
If interested in being featured, please send an email of interest to office@nscattle.ca, including a brief highlight of the issues you faced due to climate change, and how you overcame them!
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VBP+ Calving Book/Pocket Book
Are you in need of calving books? Verified Beef Production Plus is offering cattle producers calving books/pocket books for FREE by completing this order form.
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Current Opportunities: Nova Scotia
Check out the list of current opportunities available online HERE!
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Beef Cattle Research Council Webinars & Podcast
Upcoming webinars have been updated on the BCRC website HERE!
The BCRC launched a podcast! The Canadian Beef Cattle Podcast will feature the most popular content from BeefResearch.ca in a new audio format. Each week you’ll hear valuable information on topics ranging from animal health and productivity to feed and forage management, and much more. Subscribe on your favourite podcast platform or find weekly episodes on BCRC's podcasts page.
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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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Perennia: Pasture Walk Series
Come out for an insider look into local farm operations and community pastures throughout the province. Beef, sheep, poultry, hog producers and agronomists are encouraged to join! Are you interested in learning more about rotational grazing and improving pasture quality for your grazing livestock? The pasture walk extension topics will include soil health, rotational grazing, early season management, water management, multispecies grazing and more.
Visit the below link to register, as well as for the full detailed pasture walk schedule of dates, locations and topics!
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Nova Scotia Habitat and Biodiversity Assessment Tool
The Canadian Forage and Grassland Association (CFGA) invites you to a promotional launch of the Nova Scotia Habitat and Biodiversity Assessment Tool (HBAT). This is a provincial segment of a national effort by the CFGA to develop province-specific HBATs for Canadian agriculture coast to coast. Special thanks to Environmental and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) for providing funding for this project, which is currently in year six of a six-year project.
Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024
1:00 - 3:00 pm Atlantic
Meeting Registration - Zoom
About HBAT
This online tool enables interested agricultural producers to integrate the needs of multiple native species in the management of their land. The Nova Scotia tool contains data to specifically target provincial species and best management practices relevant to the province and regions. Its goal is to help producers identify habitats present on their farms worth a closer look for conservation to support enhanced biodiversity on their operations. It will also provide guidance on best management practices relevant to the habitats they may be stewarding.
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OFCAF Field Day
The Perennia extension team is looking forward to sharing information on the BMPs under OFCAF. This field day includes educational talks and on-site demonstrations of cover crops species and management, as well as soil health and forage quality. Lunch will be provided.
Register here!
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Nova Scotia Cattle Producers - 2024 Gold Sponsor | |
NSCP Programs:
Funding towards sire purchases, genomic testing and carcass ultrasound.
Application deadline: February 15, 2025
Funding towards the purchase of lime, and/or soil, manure or feed analysis.
Application deadline: November 30, 2024
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Nova Scotia SCAP Programs:
Get Growing Program
Application Deadline: September 30, 2024
This program supports small farms in adopting specialized infrastructure and equipment. The program helps with the expansion of local agricultural production for local markets.
Limestone Trucking Assistance Program
Application Deadline: September 30, 2024
This program aims to help Nova Scotia farms defray the cost of trucking limestone to give equal opportunity in neutralizing the soil's acidity on agricultural land and improve production efficiencies.
Planning New Opportunities Program
Application Deadline: September 30, 2024
This program helps farms and agri-businesses be more competitive, manage transition, develop risk management strategies and respond to change.
Wildlife Damage Mitigation Program
Application Deadline: August 31, 2024
This program helps farms protect crops and livestock from wildlife damage to improve industry competitiveness and resilience.
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Nova Scotia Cattle Producers - 2024 Silver Sponsors | |
Atlantic Stockyards Limited | |
Feeder Sales (10AM):
- Sept. 10
- Sept. 24
- Oct. 8
- Oct. 22
- Nov. 5
- Nov. 19
- Dec. 3
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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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A Breeding Stock Sale will also occur Saturday, October 26, beginning at 12:00pm. | |
Simply Verified Beef - The Podcast |
The Verified Beef Production Plus podcast, Simply Verified Beef, focuses entirely on beef content.
Subscribe through your favourite podcast platforms, such as Spotify, iTunes or Google, or listen online at: www.anchor.fm/simply-verified-beef.
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