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Are You Looking To Improve Your Feeding Management?

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Professional nutritionists — what can they do for me, what are they worth and how can I find a good one? These are questions producers ask themselves when seeking advice on their feeding program. For many, their feed company has been and remains the primary source of nutritional expertise. However, today there is an increasing […] Read more
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Agriculture As A Social Piñata

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Bruce Vincent, a Montana logger turned activist, recently warned the Alberta Veterinary Medical Association leadership team that agriculture may very well become the next cultural piata for the conflict industry. Through his animated and at times emotional address, he prevailed on professional groups working with agriculture to “show up.” Vincent talked at length how the […] Read more
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Let Them Eat Cake

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I have been following a lot of discussions and reading many articles in recent weeks weighing up the long-term profit potential of the recent rise in feeder and fed cattle prices. Everywhere you look, food prices are rising and up to now the only ones I have heard complaining are the TV talking heads sensationalizing […] Read more
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CCA REPORTS – for Apr. 11, 2011

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As I write this column, we have just completed our annual general meeting (AGM) in Ottawa. The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) annual meeting provides an excellent opportunity to gain a perspective of industry issues from across the country and ensure we have the appropriate policies and effective strategies in place to deal with those issues […] Read more
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Tragedy Halts Historic Rally

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It took the tragic earthquake in Japan to halt a historic first quarter rally in U.S. fed cattle prices. As horrific as the earthquake and tsunami were, they are unlikely to have much impact on U.S. beef or pork exports. In fact, early talk was for a possible spike in shipments in April as Japanese […] Read more
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Do People Catch Antibiotic Resistance From Cattle?

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Livestock are often blamed for a lot of the antimicrobial resistant pathogens encountered in human medicine. But if antimicrobial use in cattle really contributed to antimicrobial resistance in human pathogens, wouldn’t the feedlot staff who use veterinary antimicrobials to treat sick cattle be the first people to develop antimicrobial resistance? Fortunately, those questions have already […] Read more
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Research – for Mar. 14, 2011

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Health Canada’s Veterinary Drug Directorate has approved a number of different products that improve the growth performance and feed efficiency of feedlot cattle. There is some confusion about how some of the newer growth promotants work. Here’s a quick summary of some of the growth promotants the feedlot sector uses. Ionophores alter how the feed […] Read more
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PRIME CUTS – for Mar. 14, 2011

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Chicago and corn are driving the U.S. live cattle market. Each is pushing futures prices higher. That has meant higher cash prices this winter on both sides of the border. The commodity pits at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange aren’t totally dominated by the commodity funds, but it seems that way. There have been numerous times […] Read more
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SPIRITED VIEW – for Mar. 14, 2011

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From a dismal “when should I disperse?” attitude to jubilation and “how can I expand?” all in less than six months. It’s amazing how the attitude of an entire industry can change so quickly. Looking back it is reminiscent of an old Western: the cow-calf producers making a last stand, holding on while many are […] Read more
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Merger Meltdown

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The friendly merger between the Beef Information Centre (BIC) and the Canada Beef Export Federation (CBEF) morphed toward a bad divorce at a special meeting in Toronto last month. The meeting was called so the CBEF members could sanction the plan for a merger recommended by the Canada Beef Working Group. Bad blood was in […] Read more

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