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

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle move up with beef quotes

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Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Monday, strengthened by short-covering following the morning’s wholesale beef price bounce, traders said. Spot October finished 1.15 cents/lb. higher at 131.925 cents, and December up 0.25 cent to 137.575 (all figures US$). Monday morning’s wholesale choice beef price, or cutout, climbed $1.32/cwt […] Read more
Adverse reactions to vaccines and drugs in cattle
Beef Cattle, Features

Adverse reactions to vaccines and drugs in cattle

Allergic reactions 
can range from hives 
to itching or swelling 
to systemic shock 
leading to fluid 
in the lungs and 
sudden death

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Occasionally cattle experience a reaction to vaccine or medication (injected, applied topically or given orally). An allergic reaction can be mild and local (swelling at the injection site after vaccination) or serious and fatal — if the animal goes into anaphylactic shock. Many of the things we administer are foreign to the animal’s body, and […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle mixed on better-than-expected cash prices

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed mixed on Friday after preliminary cash prices beat early-week expectations, lifting contracts from session lows, traders said. Spot October finished down 0.4 cent/lb. at 130.775 cents, and December was 0.35 cent lower at 137.325 (all figures US$). February finished up 0.225 cent at 139.4 […] Read more
Beef Cattle, Cereals, Corn, Crops, Hogs, Markets, Soybeans

Feed grains: Corn edging down, Japan looking for barley

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CNS Canada –– Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world feed grains markets on Thursday, Oct. 8. • CBOT corn futures were posting small losses Thursday morning, but were holding rangebound overall as traders were squaring positions ahead of Friday’s USDA monthly supply/demand report. December corn was trading at US$3.9450 per bushel […] Read more
(Canada Beef Inc. photo)
Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Bump in beef price extends CME live cattle gains

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Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle rose for a third straight session Thursday, helped by more short-covering following a morning jump in wholesale beef quotes, traders said. Spot October finished 1.825 cents/lb. higher at 131.175 cents, and December up 1.525 cents at 137.675 (all figures US$). Thursday morning’s wholesale choice beef price, […] Read more
(Dave Bedard photo)
Beef Cattle, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Cargill Q1 profit jumps despite commodities slump

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Chicago | Reuters — Global commodities trader Cargill Inc. effectively navigated tumbling commodities markets and volatile currencies to turn in a 20 per cent gain in first-quarter profit, the privately held company said Wednesday. The Minnesota-based company’s grain and oilseed supply chain and energy businesses were standouts in the quarter ended Aug. 31, in stark […] Read more
Millennials eye the meat case
Beef Cattle, Prime cuts

Millennials eye the meat case

Prime Cuts from the September 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Consider these numbers. The millennial generation in the U.S., those born between 1980 and 2000, are 80 million strong. By 2020, spending power of older millennial parents will hit US$1.4 trillion a year. The numbers for Canada are much smaller but equally important. This is the generation that must be the North American beef industry’s […] Read more

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