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I agree that we should reduce fertilizer use and that we need to worry about the environment, but we also have to worry about the people.
Features, Livestock

Farmers need nitrogen

Let’s focus on increasing the carbon content in our soils

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There sure is a lot of fuss about nitrogen right now. Farmers are protesting the new rules about nitrogen use and I get it. When your way of life is jeopardized, it is only natural to push back. I want to stress that we can’t forget about the human element in this situation. For years, […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market rations demand

Risk discount built in with adverse weather

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Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices were relatively unchanged while calf prices were steady to $6 lower. Demand from Ontario buyers caused markets in Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan to hold value. Alberta prices were under pressure as the market appears to be rationing demand. Calf prices are 25-30 per cent higher than year-ago […] Read more
CME February 2023 lean hogs with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME lean hog futures tumble on China demand worries

Cattle futures lower despite bullish fundamentals

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Chicago | Reuters — Lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange fell more than four per cent on Monday, pressured by worries about Chinese demand for U.S. pork and expectations of a seasonal slide in wholesale ham prices, traders said. The CME February lean hogs contract settled down 3.75 cents at 84.75 cents/lb. after […] Read more
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General, Markets

Farm cash receipts on the rise, StatCan shows

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MarketsFarm — Farm cash receipts improved 13.7 per cent during the first three quarters of 2022, Statistics Canada reported Monday. From January to September, those receipts reached $66.7 billion. That increase of more than $8 billion was due to higher receipts for crops, livestock and program payments. The report noted crop receipts rose 7.3 per […] Read more
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General, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

Canada to boost defence, cyber security in Indo-Pacific policy

New policy document puts focus on 'disruptive' China

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Ottawa | Reuters — Canada launched its long-awaited Indo-Pacific strategy on Sunday, outlining $2.3 billion in spending to boost military and cyber security in the region and vowed to deal with a “disruptive” China while working with it on climate change and trade issues. The plan detailed in a 26-page document said Canada will tighten […] Read more
CME February 2023 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME futures slip after short, choppy trading day

Beef, pork packer margins in red Friday

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Chicago | Reuters — Cattle futures fell on a short, choppy day of trading on Friday, as technical trading had some contracts up earlier in the session even as corn prices firmed, traders said. CME lean hog futures also eased back. The Chicago-traded livestock markets closed early on Friday, and were closed on Thursday for […] Read more
Japan has consistently been a top customer and is the leading international market for U.S. red meat.
Markets, Prime cuts

Beef exports add huge value

Prime Cuts with Steve Kay

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Exports are the lifeblood of the U.S. beef industry, even more so than in Canada if one excludes its exports south. U.S. exports added more than US $476 to the value of each fed steer or heifer in the first seven months of this year. From virtually no beef export sales in the 1970s, the […] Read more
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UHF tags now linkable to CCIA-approved tags

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Canadian beef producers can now link ultra-high-frequency technology (UHF) tags to tags approved by the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency. Once the tags are paired, scanning either tag will point to the same animal in the Canadian Livestock Tracking System database. According to Anne Brunet-Burgess, general manager at the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA), the UHF […] Read more
L to R: CAB president John Stika, Emmanuel, Brigitte, Sabrina and Camille Chenail and CAB executive vice president of production Bruce Cobb. Certified Angus Beef presented Ranch Covey Hill with their award at the organization’s annual conference in Phoenix on Sept. 30, 2022.
News, Purely Purebred

Ranch Covey Hill earns Certified Angus Beef award

Purely Purebred, news from the November 2022 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Congratulations to the Chenail family of Havelock, Que., who were awarded the Canadian Commitment to Excellence Award by Certified Angus Beef.  Emmanuel Chenail started Ranch Covey Hill in 2015, after selling his construction business. He and wife Brigette purchased what was a run-down operation, and soon the whole family was fixing up the place.  “We […] Read more

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