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"Certain groups of bacteria seem to become more abundant in the rumen of bloated cattle." Elnaz Azad, researcher at the University o Manitoba.
Beef Cattle, Features

Rumen microbes and bloat in cattle

Key to the prevention of bloat is understanding the role the bacteria community plays

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Bloat is marked by impairment in the ability of cattle to expel gas from the rumen, a process known as eructation. Gases including carbon dioxide and methane are produced during normal fermentation and their accumulation in the rumen causes severe distention of the first two compartments of a cow’s stomach, compressing the lungs and heart […] Read more
(Manitoba Co-operator file photo by Laura Rance)
Crops, Weather

Manitoba winter fertilizing ban back on

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Snow’s arrival throughout Manitoba means no more extensions for the province’s farmers to apply winter fertilizer or manure. The province said Thursday its second extension, which was to run until the end of the day, has been rescinded, and the winter nutrient application ban is in place effective immediately, given “recent snowfall accumulations.” The winter […] Read more
Australia’s Treasurer Scott Morrison, shown here earlier this year, has blocked the sale of S. Kidman’s farmland holdings to overseas bidders. (ScottMorrison.com.au)
Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Australia blocks foreign firm’s deal for largest farm owner

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Sydney | Reuters –– Australia on Thursday blocked the sale of the country’s largest landowner, private farming group S. Kidman and Co., to foreign investors, saying an agricultural area the size of South Korea should remain in Australian hands. Ownership of farmland is a sensitive political issue in Australia amid concerns that foreign buyers are […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle finish strong after wild ride

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts closed higher on Tuesday amid massive short-covering spurred by higher wholesale beef values that overcame selling led by lower cash price expectations for later this week, traders said. Spot December finished at 128.025 cents/lb., up 0.35 cent, and February 0.925 cent higher at 130.575 cents […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle tumble limit down

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished Monday’s session down by their three cents/lb. daily price limit after late Friday’s cash prices fell short of expectations, traders and analysts said. Spot December finished at 127.675 cents/lb., and February at 129.65 cents (all figures US$). Live cattle’s trading limit will be expanded […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feedlots curb buying interest

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Despair is the price one pays for setting an impossible aim. Given the phone calls over the past week, producers have been expecting something the market cannot offer. Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were under severe pressure, with 700-plus-pound cattle down $8-$12 from seven days earlier; calves under 700 lbs. traded $4-$8 below week-ago levels. […] Read more

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