By Barbara Duckworth, The Western Producer, September 8, 2016
Bigger carcass size is key to productivity, but that must go hand-in-hand with quality, low-fat meat to reap profits
When the Canadian beef strategy was released last year, one of its goals called for a productivity increase of 15 percent by 2020.
During the Canadian beef industry conference held last month in Calgary, four major players ex-plained their approach to achieving that goal. It involves better genetic selection, adoption of technology and improved information exchange.
