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Klassen: Feeder cattle prices remain firm

By Jerry Klassen May 31, 2015

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were steady to $2 higher on average with limited sales occurring this past week. The Livestock Markets Association of Canada held its annual convention in Winnipeg on the weekend, so many sales barns were quiet. The market at this time of year is characterized by small packages of various quality, […] Read more

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Good riddance to roundworms on pasture

By Debbie Furber May 29, 2015

Deworming programs typically target roundworms in the gastrointestinal tract, when in fact it takes a live host and grass for roundworms to complete their life cycle and perpetuate infections. This makes grazing season an opportune time to deworm because the only way cattle pick up new roundworm infections is by ingesting third-stage larvae (L3) and […] Read more

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Don’t ignore drug-resistant parasites

By Heather Smith Thomas May 29, 2015

Dr. John Gilleard, the associate dean of research and professor of parasitology at the University of Calgary faculty of veterinary medicine says most of the studies about drug-resistant worms in cattle were done in the U.S. and Europe but the story they tell is applicable to Western Canada. “What has happened in the past 10 […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Slumping beef prices rattle CME live cattle

By Theopolis Waters May 29, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Friday, pulled down by profit-taking in response to the day’s sharp drop in wholesale beef values, traders said. June closed 1.175 cents per pound lower at 152.325 cents, and August fell 1.475 cents, to 151.275 cents. Friday morning’s choice wholesale beef price […] Read more

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4-H Beef Club earns national award

News Roundup from the May 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff May 28, 2015

Brainstorming ideas for an invention that could change the world of agriculture got members of the Abbey-Lancer 4-H Beef Club of Pennant, Sask., thinking about an easier way to apply electronic identification tags without the use of tagging pliers. In the end, they came up with not one, but two ideas to win the club […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Short-covering pushes CME live cattle, hogs higher

By Theopolis Waters May 28, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle climbed for a second straight session on Thursday, fuelled by short-covering and positioning on the eve of the last trading day of May, traders said. June closed 1.025 cents per pound higher at 153.5 cents, and August up 1.325 cents to 152.75 cents (all figures US$). […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle shrug off early weakness

By Theopolis Waters May 27, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed higher on Wednesday after initial selling, helped by short-covering and futures’ discounts to last week’s cash prices, traders said. June closed 0.675 cent per pound higher at 152.475 cents, and August ended up 0.8 cent at 151.425 cents (all figures US$). Last week, most market-ready […] Read more

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CCA Report: An update on Canada’s beef trade

From the May 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Dave Solverson May 26, 2015

Calving season is well underway and I am feeling very optimistic about the future. Prices, which seem to reach new market highs for all classes of cattle each week, are part of the reason. A global shortage of beef, largely due to prolonged and widespread drought, has pushed the U.S. cattle herd to a 50-year […] Read more

Sea surface temperature anomalies over the El Nino region of the Pacific, for the week centred May 20. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)

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El Nino seen bringing drought to Brazil’s north, heavy rains to south

By Caroline Stauffer May 26, 2015

Sao Paulo | Reuters –– Brazil will likely experience a moderate El Nino by the end of the year, bringing steady rain to the country’s main grain-producing regions and sustained drought in the arid north, the national meteorological institute, Inmet, said. Inmet meteorologist Fabricio Daniel dos Santos Silva said six consecutive quarters of warming sea […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle down on profit-taking

By Meredith Davis May 26, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed lower on Tuesday on profit-taking, traders said. The U.S. government’s monthly cattle on feed report pressured CME live cattle Friday afternoon, and the market retained a weak tone on Tuesday. The focus has shifted from last week’s cattle on feed report to this week’s cash […] Read more

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Klassen: Feeder cattle prices remain firm

Good riddance to roundworms on pasture

Don’t ignore drug-resistant parasites

U.S. livestock: Slumping beef prices rattle CME live cattle

4-H Beef Club earns national award

U.S. livestock: Short-covering pushes CME live cattle, hogs higher

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle shrug off early weakness

CCA Report: An update on Canada’s beef trade

El Nino seen bringing drought to Brazil’s north, heavy rains to south

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle down on profit-taking

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