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Six ways to keep your cattle wormer working

By Debbie Furber June 6, 2017

Resistance among internal parasites to broad-spectrum cattle wormers is emerging in Canada and experience in other countries leaves no reason to believe the problem won’t worsen. On the brighter side, producers here still have a fighting chance to retain the efficacy of available cattle wormers by combining parasite control strategies, says epidemiologist Dr. Fabienne Uehlinger[...]
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Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder cattle prices remain firm

By Jerry Klassen June 6, 2017

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were relatively unchanged from week-ago levels, although larger groups of quality cattle were priced $3-$5 higher. Most auction barns reported small packages on offer with a larger variance in quality. However, there was limited slippage, even on late stragglers. Prices were rather surprising, with one producer noting that medium-frame, medium-[...]
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Cow-Calf, News, News Roundup

Should you preg check your cows?

News Roundup from the May 2017 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff June 2, 2017

Really, should you preg check? That’s a question almost everyone in the cow business faces every fall. The advice from governments and veterinarians is generally yes, you should find out if the cows you are going to carry through the winter will give you a calf at the end of it. So why did 50[...]
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Dr. Tye Perrett, Feedlot Health Management Services.

Cow-Calf, Features, Livestock

Calves from vaccinated dams did better in the feedlot

Canadian study looked at protection from respiratory and viral diseases

By Debbie Furber May 31, 2017

A uniquely Canadian study provides the first comprehensive look at feedlot health outcomes for calves from dams vaccinated before conception with Express FP. Dr. Tye Perrett, a managing partner with Feedlot Health Management Services, Okotoks, Alta., oversaw the project that reviewed Canadian feedlot records on 1.4 million calves born between 2007 and 2014 to compare[...]
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Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

JBS parent to pay record fine in leniency deal

By Ricardo Brito, Tatiana Bautzer May 31, 2017

Brasilia/Sao Paulo | Reuters — J+F Investimentos, controlling shareholder of the globe’s largest meatpacker JBS SA, agreed to pay a record-setting 10.3 billion real (C$4.3 billion) fine for its role in corruption scandals that threaten to oust President Michel Temer, Brazilian prosecutors said. The settlement means that Brazil’s three-year sweeping graft investigations have now led[...]
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Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder cattle market stabilizes

By Jerry Klassen May 30, 2017

After the recent rally, cattle buyers noted that price spreads between weight categories came back in line with traditional levels this week. Shorter-keep yearlings were steady to $4 weaker compared to seven days earlier; mid-weight cattle from 700 to 800 lbs. were relatively unchanged while feeders under 700 lbs. were $4 to $8 higher. On[...]
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Cattle drink from the Yamuna River near Agra in northern India. (CIA.gov)

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

Indian court suspends ban on beef cattle trade

By Reuters May 30, 2017

New Delhi | Reuters — An Indian court suspended on Tuesday a government ban on the trade of cattle for slaughter, a lawyer involved in the case said, giving some relief to Muslim-dominated beef and leather industries that employ millions of poor workers. The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court suspended for four weeks[...]
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Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

India cattle trade ban to halt beef exports

By Mayank Bhardwaj May 29, 2017

New Delhi | Reuters — India’s ban on the trade of cattle for slaughter threatens US$4 billion in annual beef exports and millions of jobs if the government does not revoke the stoppage decreed last week, according to two industry officials. In the latest setback to the Muslim-dominated meat industry, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government[...]
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Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

U.S. April feedlot cattle placements jump to 14-year high

By Theopolis Waters May 26, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Ranchers placed 11 per cent more cattle in feedlots in April than a year earlier, the most for the month in 14 years, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported on Friday, beating average forecasts. Higher cattle prices paid by packers last month enhanced profits for feedlots, allowing them to buy more[...]
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Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

JBS shares soar as speculation mounts over crisis fallout

By Ana Mano May 25, 2017

Cuiaba, Brazil | Reuters — Shares in JBS SA , the world’s largest meatpacker, spiked on Thursday as speculation mounted over its strategy for weathering the fallout from a corruption scandal centered on its owners. The stock closed 23 per cent higher, approaching levels last seen before the graft scandal rattled Brazil a week ago[...]
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Six ways to keep your cattle wormer working

Klassen: Feeder cattle prices remain firm

Should you preg check your cows?

Calves from vaccinated dams did better in the feedlot

JBS parent to pay record fine in leniency deal

Klassen: Feeder cattle market stabilizes

Indian court suspends ban on beef cattle trade

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U.S. April feedlot cattle placements jump to 14-year high

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