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(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Lower cash, beef prices again sink CME live cattle futures

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Chicago / Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures’ extended their losses on Wednesday from the previous session, led by the morning’s lower cash and wholesale pork prices, traders said. August live cattle ended 0.975 cent per lb lower at 109.425 cents, and October closed 1.400 cents lower at 108.075 cents. A small number of market-ready, or cash cattle in […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Beef Cattle

Feds fund Canada Beef export promotion

$6.4 million over three years

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Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lawrence MacAulay has announced funding of up to $6.4 million over three years for Canada Beef Inc., the national agency for research and promotion. A government release said the funds will support Canadian Beef’s three-year market development and promotion plan targeting key regional hubs in Asia, Europe, North America and Latin […] Read more
cattle in a feedlot
Beef Cattle, Livestock

Regulatory changes would limit farmers’ vet drug imports

Proposed Health Canada changes will affect how antimicrobials are imported into Canada

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For John Prescott, a move to end farmers’ right to import certain veterinary drugs marks a significant turning point in the fight against antimicrobial resistance in Canada. The Public Health Agency announced last year that Health Canada’s Veterinary Drugs Directorate would introduce new regulations requiring veterinary oversight of antibiotics used in food animals, such as […] Read more
Photo: Canada Beef Inc.
Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Technical selloff upends CME live cattle futures

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Chicago / Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts closed sharply lower on Tuesday, undercut by technical-related selling that wiped out Monday’s gains, traders said. They said August futures led losers after investors periodically sold that contract and simultaneously bought deferred months in a trading strategy known as bear spreading. August live cattle ended 2.050 cents per lb lower […] Read more
cow with pinkeye
Beef Cattle, Livestock

Untreated pinkeye in cattle can be costly

Reduced weight gain on calves means fewer marketable pounds

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It’s a funny thing about walking among beef cattle — I tend to catch things that I wouldn’t otherwise see by staring at them from a truck. Take spotting cattle with pinkeye for instance. The other week, I was walking along with the feedlot manager after the feedbunk was filled. Most of the beef finishers […] Read more
Photo: Canada Beef Inc.
Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures shrug off early selling

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Chicago / Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts settled higher on Monday after short-covering and futures’ discounts to late last week’s cash prices offset early-session losses, traders said. August live cattle ended 1.525 cents per lb higher at 112.450 cents, and finished above the 20-day moving average of 112.05 cents. October closed 0.775 cent […] Read more
The real cost of fat
Beef Cattle, Features

The real cost of fat

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In his recent article Yield is down, fat is up, pg. 55, February 2016 Canadian Cattlemen, Charlie Gracey did an excellent job of highlighting excess fat as a serious issue for the Canadian beef industry. Creating more marbled carcasses by feeding cattle longer has resulted in larger carcasses, excessive fat cover and plummeting yields. Although […] Read more
Tina Williams and Richard McConnell have learned that less is more when handling cattle
Beef Cattle, Livestock

Proper stockmanship, the Bud Williams’ way

If you want to build trust in your cattle, apply the right kind of pressure on them and learn to take two steps back

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Cow whisperer’ Bud Williams used to have a saying when he was working cattle: “Slow is fast and less is more.” Now, four years after his death, Bud’s daughter and son-in-law are carrying on that tradition by teaching proper stockmanship — the Bud Williams’ way. “Cattlemen have been led to believe that the only way […] Read more

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