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Beef Cattle

Coming Up in Canadian Cattlemen: Sept 30, 2019

A sneak peek at the latest issue

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As September comes to a close, it’s time to check your mailboxes for the latest issue of Canadian Cattlemen. This month, our cover features the Macnab family of Mervin, Sask. In this story written by Kelly Sidoryk, Trent Macnab shares how his family spreads out the risks around winter feeding by relying on diverse feed […] Read more
Tuberculosis bacteria under an electron microscope. (Janice Haney Carr photo courtesy Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.))
Beef Cattle, Livestock

Last of trace-out quarantines lifted in bovine TB probe

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The last of 38 cattle herds to be checked for bovine tuberculosis in a federal trace-out investigation across three provinces has been released from movement controls. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Monday reported that a central Saskatchewan herd has now been released from controls which were imposed in December last year. CFIA said in […] Read more
Wagyu beef on skewers at a Tokyo market. (Michal_Staniewski/iStock/Getty Images)
Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Japan deal levels field for U.S. beef, but sales surge unlikely

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Tokyo/Chicago | Reuters — U.S. beef exporters, unhappy after President Donald Trump pulled out of a multilateral trade pact in 2017, stand to sell more meat in Japan after the U.S. leader and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe cut a deal to slice into tariffs. But agriculture experts say that for now, that boost may […] Read more
CME October 2019 feeder cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder cattle market remains volatile

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Western Canadian yearling markets appeared to stabilize after coming under pressure earlier in the month. Compared to last week, yearling prices were unchanged to $4 higher on average while calf markets traded $2-$3 on either side of unchanged. Major feedlots were more aggressive for 800-plus-lb. cattle as feed grain prices continue to grind lower. Favourable […] Read more
Dylan and Colleen Biggs of TK Ranch.
Beef Cattle, Features

Determination the crucial ingredient to TK Ranch’s success

This Alberta ranch has seen its share of tough times but the Biggs family keeps moving forward

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The challenges and hardships encountered by the pioneers in the short grass prairie of central Alberta are difficult for us in modern day agriculture to fathom. But the direct marketing storyline for Dylan and Colleen Biggs of TK Ranch near Coronation, Alta., has distinct parallels. Overcoming adversity, challenges beyond one’s control and constant change are […] Read more
Klassen: Feeder market experiences mixed tone
Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market experiences mixed tone

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Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices traded $3-$5 on either side of unchanged. Auction market volumes are growing in Saskatchewan and Manitoba; however, central Alberta prices held a definite premium of $8-$10 over the eastern Prairie regions. Ontario orders are starting to surface in Manitoba but prices were out of reach with Alberta […] Read more
Left to right: Alyson, Jordan, Kelty and Alex McKay.
Beef Cattle, Features

Transparency and trust key to on-farm retail

The McKay brothers have leveraged years of direct-marketing experience into an expanding family business

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Direct marketing has always been part of brothers Jordan and Alex McKay’s business model. As kids, they sold strawberries from their mother Marlene’s u-pick strawberry fields. They clearly took those early lessons to heart. Today they run an impressive direct-marketing operation near Port Perry, Ont., and were named Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers in 2018. The […] Read more
Feeder cattle volumes are picking up and basis is seasonally strong heading into the fall run.
Beef Cattle, Markets

McMillin: Cattle on feed in Alberta, Sask., higher than year ago levels

The Markets with Deb McMillin, from the September 2019 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Fed cattle To mid-August, Canadian fed cattle traded mostly steady, at an average on both sides of $146/cwt since the middle of July. The average steer the second week in August averaged $146.25/cwt which is $3.49/cwt higher than the same week in 2018. The third week of August didn’t see enough trade to establish a […] Read more
Cover photo by Hannah Biggs.
Beef Cattle, Cow-Calf, Finishers

Coming up in Canadian Cattlemen: Sept. 9, 2019

The September issue will include several articles focused on animal health, plus a profile on the family running TK Ranch.

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As the sun sets on another summer, those of us at Canadian Cattlemen are gearing up for a busy fall. Subscribers will receive two issues this month. Here’s a look at what’s in the first September issue. Colleen Biggs shares what it’s like to market beef directly to consumers in a profile written by Kelly […] Read more

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