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A producer places syringe guns in a cooler to regulate the vaccine’s temperature.
Vaccine Management

AUDIO: Tips on vaccine placement in cattle

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Vacinnating and treating livestock is a given for any beef operation. In this interview, Erika Stewart, the VBP+ coordinator for Saskatchewan, shares tips for choosing an injection site, giving multiple injections to the same animal and maintaining your vaccine’s effectiveness. For more resources on beef cattle health, visit our Herd Health page.
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market vulnerable to weakness

Placements higher than expected

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Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling markets traded $3-$5 on either side of unchanged. Prices for 800-plus-lb. yearlings were firm in Manitoba but softened in western regions. Calf prices were relatively unchanged from week-ago levels. There were larger volumes of calves on offer with many auction barns holding feature sales. The increase in supplies […] Read more
CME December 2023 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle sink to June lows

Lean hogs set contract lows

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures plunged to four-month lows on Monday under pressure from bigger-than-expected placements into U.S. feedlots last month. Lean hog futures set contract lows. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a monthly report issued after trading ended on Friday, said placements of cattle in feedlots during September totaled […] Read more
“I’m hoping to not be the first generation and the last generation of ranchers at Difficulty Ranch. My kids are very involved in the environmental aspects, they ask lots of questions.” – Sean LaBrie.
Livestock, People

Retired police officer finds passion in ranching

PEOPLE: Sean LaBrie found a second career as a rancher, and a zeal for restoring the land on his Didsbury-area ranch

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When Sean LaBrie started his career with the Calgary Police Service, he likely didn’t realize that by the time he retired he’d be on a ranch an hour outside of the city, raising cattle on 640 acres. At that point in his life, cattle were barely more than a passing thought. Now, they’re his way […] Read more
CME December 2023 lean hogs with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures hit contract lows

Cattle futures also sag

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Chicago | Reuters — Lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange fell to life-of-contract lows on Friday and cattle futures also retreated, pressured by technical selling and worries that a slowing global economy could hurt demand for meat, traders said. Hog futures fell the most, with the benchmark December contract settling down two cents, […] Read more
cattle feeding at a trough
Livestock, News, News Roundup

Canola meal project sees more dramatic results in second year

News Roundup: Research will continue for one more year with yearlings

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Results are in from the second year of a project feeding canola meal to cattle, and the weight gains were even more impressive in year two.  In 2021, Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Agriculture and the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association (SSGA) started a project where they looked at using canola meal as cattle feed and the results […] Read more
The McDougall Creek wildfire burns outside West Kelowna, B.C. on Aug. 18, 2023. (Photo: Reuters/Chris Helgren)
Crops, Livestock, Weather

AgriRecovery feed, freight, breeding herd aid set for Alberta, Saskatchewan, B.C.

Feds, provinces announce combined $365 million in aid programs

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The federal and Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia governments are jointly putting up $365 million to support ranchers and farmers up against this summer’s drought and wildfire damage. The feds on Friday announced their 60 per cent, or $219 million, share of AgriRecovery program funding for the three westernmost provinces. “I’ve had the opportunity to […] Read more
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Auction Mart Updates

Auction mart report for the week of Oct. 20, 2023

Regional market analysis from Alberta and Manitoba, courtesy of the Livestock Markets Association of Canada members

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Southern Manitoba, courtesy of Killarney Auction Mart This week at Killarney Auction Mart: We did see the cull cow market gain some strength this week which is uncommon for this time of year. We are now in the busiest time of the fall run from mid-October to mid-November. We are unlikely to see the market […] Read more
CME January 2024 feeder cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle sag on packer margins, beef export sales

December lean hogs turn slightly lower

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Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures eased and feeder cattle tumbled to June lows at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Thursday as poor margins for U.S. beef processors limited demand for livestock, brokers said. A marketing-year low in weekly U.S. beef export sales also hung over the market. Meat companies are grappling with tight […] Read more

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