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MARKET SUMMARY – for Mar. 8, 2010

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Fed Cattle Over the past few weeks the Canadian fed cattle market responded positively to the slide in the Canadian dollar and bad weather south of the border. Locally, heavy carcass weights delayed packer lift times and beef movement grew sluggish, but those winter storms in the U. S. gave life to the cash market. […] Read more
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Goodbye George

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Alberta’s controversial ag minister is replaced In January Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach dropped his controversial agriculture minister George Groeneveld from cabinet. Normally the changing of an agriculture minister wouldn’t warrant comment. In today’s world one minister is much like another. Each leaves a small mark on the face of the industry they watch over on […] Read more
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Genetics, The Crossroad Of Change

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David P. Price is a consulting nutritionist specializing in feedlot and range cattle As a kid growing up in the ’50s, cattle buyers were looked upon with awe for their clairvoyant vision. Through subtle observation a cattle buyer was believed to be able to tell most everything about cattle. To be fair, the better ones […] Read more
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Create The Future You Desire

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This article will come out in early 2010. Times have been difficult in the cattle business. There are some indicators of better times ahead but no one knows how long before things improve, how large the improvement will be or how long the improvement will last. I believe we are masters of our own future. […] Read more
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Do More With Less

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A North American view of the meat industry. Steve Kay is publisher and editor of Cattle Buyers Weekly Declining cattle numbers is the most serious structural issue facing the North American industry. Without sufficient cattle, feedlots and packing plants cannot operate efficiently The U.S. cattle industry is getting smaller and will do so again in […] Read more
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CCA REPORTS – for Feb. 8, 2010

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Brad Wildeman is president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association As I’m sure you’re aware, there’s been a lot of back and forth from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) with regards to delisting bar code tags and the deadline to do so — as it has now been postponed. Judging by the number of phone […] Read more
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Fight Johne’s

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It could be our next BSE It is time to take what we have learned from BSE and apply it to Johne’s disease (JD). Johne’s is different from BSE. It is caused by a bacteria, Mycobacterium avium, subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP), not a lifeless prion, so it can be killed. Rather than attack the brain JD […] Read more
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Profit Before Production

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I will begin this article with a saying an old rancher shared with me. YOU NEVER GO BROKE MAKING A PROFIT. I think there is some wisdom here. Times are difficult. We need to focus on profit. If your operation is profitable I congratulate you. I encourage you to continue what you are doing and […] Read more
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CCA Reports – for Jan. 4, 2010

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Brad Wildeman is president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association At the time of writing, the 15th United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference is taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark. Officials are working to agree to a new climate treaty as a successor to the Kyoto Protocol. Though the amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions produced by […] Read more
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Industry Has Big Four

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A North American view of the meat industry. Steve Kay is publisher and editor of Cattle Buyers Weekly The beef industry slightly breaks the Rule of Three by having a strong fourth player, National Beef Packing, which has grown considerably A Wall Street Journal article in 1998 opined that only the Big Three companies in […] Read more

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