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November 21, 2011 - The benefits of BIXS cattle
Now that the Beef InfoXchange System (BIXS) has launched to cow-calf producers nationwide, it's only a matter of time before BIXS-registered cattle come to market. BIXS cattle arriving from a farm or ranch cow-calf operation to an auction market offer buyers a number of solid benefits and opportunities. These perks include the ability to link the animal and carcass information to support branded beef programs including producer, retailer, packer and regional brands.
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November 7, 2011 - BIXS launches online cattle classifieds
November 07, 2011
Calgary, AB – The Beef InfoXchange System (BIXS) is pleased to announce a new online cattle sales listing service for registered participants. Launched today at http://bixs-cattlelist.cattle.ca the BIXS Cattle-Classifieds enables program members to advertise upcoming auction market or private sales of their BIXS registered cattle to prospective buyers.
The online BIXS Cattle-Classifieds provides registered producers with an additional platform for building potential business relationships to bolster their marketing program for their BIXS cattle. Viewers can sort the listings by birthdate, weight, breed/cross, geographical location, implant status, vaccination date or other optional information entered by participants. The introduction of this service comes less than a month after BIXS launched to cow-calf producers nationwide.
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October 13, 2011 - BIXS launches to cow-calf producers nationwide
Calgary, AB – The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA), in partnership with the Canadian Beef Breeds Council, is pleased to announce the official launch of the Beef InfoXchange System (BIXS) to cow-calf producers nationwide. The launch follows a successful phased-in process that ensured BIXS would be open to cow-calf producers in time for the 2011 fall calf run.
“This nationwide launch marks the successful conclusion of more than two years of effort to advance a concept developed by the CCA into the BIXS program”, said CCA President Travis Toews. BIXS is an individual animal and carcass data information exchange system developed by the CCA with funding provided through Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) Agriculture Flexibility Fund. AAFC Minister Gerry Ritz officially announced the funding contribution at the CCA annual meeting in March 2011.
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August 31, 2011 - BIXS Program Administrator named
The CCA has contracted Holly LaBrie as program administrator of the Beef InfoXchange System (BIXS). The daughter of Longview-area rancher John Cartwright, LaBrie grew up on a commercial operation and has a good understanding of the Canadian cow-calf industry.
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August 29, 2011 - BIXS launches Phase 2 to cow-calf producers
The CCA launched the second phase of the Beef InfoXchange System (BIXS) to cow-calf producers in mid-August, slightly ahead of schedule. Phase 2 will involve nearly 100 cow-calf producers from across Canada.
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June 30, 2011 - BIXS launch to cow-calf producers begins stage one
The Beef InfoXchange System (BIXS) has begun a phased launch to cow-calf producers. The first of three launch stages will see a limited number of beef producers invited to register, log-on and submit their individual animal data to BIXS. This strategic approach provides the opportunity to gauge system functionality in real-time and identify and remedy any technical issues prior to a full-scale roll-out of the system across Canada this fall.
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March 14, 2011 - Minister Ritz makes funding announcement for BIXS at CCA AGM
Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz dropped by the CCA Annual General Meeting in Ottawa to announce more than $8 million in funding to help Canadian cattle farmers improve their profitability and competitiveness. The investment sees $5.3 million in AgriFlexibility funds earmarmarked for the Beef InfoXchange System (BIXS), $2.5 million in funds from the Agri-Innovations Program for the Beef Science Cluster and $364,000 from Growing Forward for the CCA's on-farm food safety program, the Verified Beef Production program.
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November 8, 2010 - BIXS stage one launch to stakeholder partners under way
The CCA is pleased to announce the stage one launch of the Beef InfoXchange System (BIXS) to stakeholder partners. These partners represent existing and, in some cases, large beef cattle databases and specific beef cattle programs.Read Full Article...
September 21, 2010 - Producers, feedlots reminded to store cattle records now for BIXS enrolment later.
Members of the cow-calf and feedlot sectors are reminded that certain data is required to participate in BIXS as the launch to industry approaches.For cow-calf producers, this data includes CCIA tag numbers and birthdates, represented either as a calving start date or actual birth date. At the feedlot, the individual animal CCIA tag number must be linked to the arrival date and weight at the feedlot, the latter of which can be a grouped average.
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January 11, 2010 - Feedlots set to join BIXS this year should collect and store required data as cattle enter the lot
Through the initial and on-going testing and early launch period of BIXS (Beef InfoXchange System), cattle from cow-calf operations that have yet to join will be gone from the farm or ranch through the fall run and into winter. These cow-calf producers will join BIXS and enter their required and optional data as the program gets up to full speed in early 2010. Obviously, not all cattle coming to feedlots will, ultimately, be BIXS program animals. But chances are a good number will be and if the required information upon feedlot entry is not collected, a significant step in the process is missed. This will not be a concern later as BIXS evolves and participation across the beef chain builds, but for now it is a reality of starting a new program.Read Full Article...
November 25, 2009 - BIXS ‘soft launch’ a success with producers
The feedback from beef producers from Ontario and across all western provinces during the BIXS (Beef InfoXchange System) ‘soft launch’ cow-calf test proved very constructive.The BIXS team took responses from this test and incorporated the feedback into the final touches on the web portal’s design and functionality. Once complete, the CCA and BIXS team will need another group of voluntary cattle producers to test the latest version and provide further suggestions and feedback.
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November 23, 2009 - Beef specialist hired as BIXS Program Administrator
Don Milligan, a former beef specialist with Alberta Agriculture, has been hired to fill the role of Program Administrator for BIXS (Beef InfoXchange System).With a Masters’ degree from the University of Alberta, Milligan spent 34 years supporting the Alberta and Canadian beef industry through a variety of roles; which included the co-management of the Canada/Alberta Industry Development Fund, and some of the early testing of RFID technology in collaboration with the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA).
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September 14, 2009 - BIXS moves to ‘soft launch’ phase with cow-calf producers
Working with a group of about 100 dedicated and supportive cow-calf producers and platform partners across Canada the BIXS program has moved to the ‘soft launch’ phase of development. For the next few weeks these cow-calf producers will help test out the registration and animal data upload and transfer process. The aim is to identify and work out any fundamental glitches prior to going to a full launch to cow-calf and feedlot producers this coming fall.Read Full Article...
