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The economics behind bale grazing

Grazing with Steve Kenyon

By Steve Kenyon November 22, 2016

A lot of farmers only see one type of cost when it comes to feeding cattle. They see the feed cost. However, there are other costs which are often overlooked. This would be the act of feeding, also called the yardage cost. The reason this is not always included is because it is not a […] Read more

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent monitors the Canada/U.S. border near Sweet Grass, Montana, about 100 km southeast of Lethbridge. (CBP.gov)

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Guenther: Canada’s beef export sector waiting, watching

By Lisa Guenther November 22, 2016

As speculation swirls around U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to renegotiate NAFTA, officials with Canada’s beef industry are taking a measured approach. They’re not ignoring the possibility of trade disruptions in the U.S., said Ryder Lee, CEO of the Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association — “but neither are we lighting our hair on fire yet at each […] Read more

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Ranchers under quarantine fear going ‘broke by spring’

By Rod Nickel November 22, 2016

Winnipeg | Reuters –– Ranchers in southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan whose herds are under quarantine due to the spread of bovine tuberculosis told federal legislators Tuesday they desperately need to sell cattle or receive compensation to avoid financial disaster. Ranchers who raise calves typically sell them in autumn to feedlots, where they are fattened […] Read more

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Klassen: Feeder cattle jump on positive outlook

By Jerry Klassen November 22, 2016

Average prices for steer and heifer calves jumped $8-$10 this past week with some buyers reporting values as much as $15 above week-ago levels. Feedlot operators could feel it in their bones earlier in November and there were no strings attached on orders flowing across the Prairies. Favourable weather reinforced the narrow premium of weaned […] Read more

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U.S. October feedlot cattle placements hit four-year low

By Theopolis Waters November 21, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. feedlots in October received five per cent fewer cattle than a year earlier, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday, a four-year low for that month that was in line with average trade predictions. Ranchers grew cattle outside of feedlots longer thanks to still healthy grazing pastures in parts of […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Features, Livestock

Feeding and pen environment

Canadian feedlot animal care assessment — Part 5

By Debbie Furber November 18, 2016

The starting point for assessing a feedlot’s nutrition and feeding program is documentation about the feeding program along with feed records, either on a computer or hard copy. Ten points are awarded for working with a nutritionist and/or veterinarian to ensure rations meet requirements for all classes of cattle, along with two points for each […] Read more

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Bovine TB probe turns up more TB-positive cattle

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff November 18, 2016

Federal inspectors have confirmed a southeastern Alberta cow found with bovine tuberculosis in September was not just a one-off. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Friday reported five more cattle from the initial cow’s index herd in southeastern Alberta are confirmed to have been infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria — presumed to be to be […] Read more

Tuberculosis bacteria under an electron microscope. (Janice Haney Carr photo courtesy Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.))

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Bovine TB strain of Mexican origin in Alberta probe

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff November 16, 2016

While new to Canada, the strain of tuberculosis bacteria which infected the Alberta cow at the centre of a bovine TB probe has been seen before in Mexico. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Wednesday reported the strain of Mycobacterium bovis found in a southeastern Alberta cow is “closely related” to a strain originating from […] Read more

Beef Cattle, News, News Roundup

MPs hear about GMO technology in the beef industry

News Roundup from the October 24, 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff November 16, 2016

Last month, the chair of the Beef Cattle Research Council — feedlot operator Brian Thiessen — and executive director Andrea Brocklebank spoke to the Parliamentary Agriculture Committee studying genetically modified animals for human consumption. While noting that GMO technology has had very limited practical application in beef cattle to date, Brocklebank said that may change […] Read more

Beef Cattle, News, News Roundup

Sobeys locks in Atlantic Beef for P.E.I.

News Roundup from the October 24, 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff November 15, 2016

Maritime producers received a shot in the arm recently with the announcement that after 18 months of negotiations Sobeys is now offering Island View beef as its “primary” beef brand in the 13 stores it supplies across Prince Edward Island. P.E.I.’s lone Atlantic Beef Products plant is ramping up its slaughter and processing capacity in […] Read more

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The economics behind bale grazing

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Ranchers under quarantine fear going ‘broke by spring’

Klassen: Feeder cattle jump on positive outlook

U.S. October feedlot cattle placements hit four-year low

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Bovine TB probe turns up more TB-positive cattle

Bovine TB strain of Mexican origin in Alberta probe

MPs hear about GMO technology in the beef industry

Sobeys locks in Atlantic Beef for P.E.I.

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