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Market Intelligence Report from Canada Beef: Retail beef prices soften as inflation slows
Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets

Market Intelligence Report from Canada Beef: Retail beef prices soften as inflation slows

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Macroeconomic indicators continue to signal that previous interest rate increases have been effective. Canada narrowly missed going into a recession in the third quarter, unemployment moved slightly higher and inflation is slowing. In contrast, U.S. data indicates an economy on fire. Retail beef prices moved seasonally lower last year, declining 12 per cent month-over-month to […] Read more
In early December, the Saskatchewan River was at its second lowest level in the past 23 years. Photo: Alex McCuaig
General, Livestock

Alberta expands livestock drought recovery supports

Only a narrow band of the province remains exempt from the aid program

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The 2023 Canada-Alberta Drought Livestock Assistance initiative, funded through the AgriRecovery framework by the federal and provincial governments, offers payments of up to $150 per head to livestock producers who have 15 or more animals per type of livestock, and have altered usual grazing practices for more than 21 days due to drought.
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News, Purely Purebred

Canadian Simmental Association recognizes breeders

Purely Purebred, news from the January 2024 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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In 2017, the Canadian Simmental Association established the Award of Excellence program to showcase and recognize breeders who exhibit registered Simmental seed stock across Canada each year. We are once again pleased to announce this year’s top five Award of Excellence females and bulls.  The 2023 Canadian Simmental Association Award of Excellence Female was GVR […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Global markets, Livestock

Market Intelligence Report from Canada Beef: Shrinking cattle herds in Europe bump Canadian beef imports

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As Europe’s beef producers face drought, high feed costs and limited forage, the EU’s imports of Canadian beef have grown slightly, and are expected to continue growing modestly. However, the biggest challenge to further growth of Canadian beef in this market is the limited number of beef plants in Canada that are willing to meet […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market holds value despite negative margins

U.S. demand limited with colder temperatures in Midwest

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Calf markets appeared to trade $2 to $3 above week-ago levels on average. Feedlot margins on current pen close-outs are negative $300 to $350 per head but replacement markets haven’t missed a beat. Finishing feedlots were once again bidding aggressively on backgrounded cattle with fleshier types experiencing limited slippage. Larger pen sized groups were on the higher end of the priced spectrum with buyers avoiding smaller packages.
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Livestock

Beef marks GHG drop: report 

Assessment reveals industry has reduced emissions by 15 per cent 

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Producing a kilogram of boneless beef cuts today involves 15 per cent fewer greenhouse gas emissions than in 2014, according to the recently released National Beef Sustainability Assessment (NBSA) and Strategy report.
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Beef Cattle, Breeding, Livestock

Kansas professor highlights role of genetics in the sustainable cow herd

Breeding and selecting beef cattle that fit an operation’s environment benefits a producer’s bottom line and scores sustainability points

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Bob Weaber’s work on cattle genetics is for the producer, and so it’s for him, as well. Growing up, his family raised mostly commercial cattle but also got involved in the Junior Hereford Association in the U.S., where he got interested in seedstock, which was further piqued when he went to university. Now, Weaber operates […] Read more

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