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Beef Cattle, Feeding, Livestock

Compacted concrete makes for drier, easier-to-manage feedlots

It’s a big investment, but return on investment can be about six years

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When Rimrock Feeders purchased the former Western Feedlots site outside of High River, Alta., there were decisions to be made about the site, which had been empty for about three years. The pen partitions were wooden and decaying and there were drainage issues on the site, which sits on a high point, with a view […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Livestock, News

Maritime beef producers get price protection

Two-year pilot gives Maritime producers an equivalent program to the rest of the country

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Producers in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, and soon Nova Scotia, will have access to a program that will allow them to purchase insurance on price protection for their beef cattle in case of an unforeseen market disruption.
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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs rally after contract lows; cattle futures jump

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Chicago | Reuters – Lean hog futures rallied at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Friday after falling earlier to contract lows under pressure from increased U.S. production. Cattle futures also climbed. A rise in wholesale prices for U.S. pork helped trigger the turnaround in hogs, analysts said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture priced the pork carcass cutout […] Read more
To defer income under LTD, the breeding herd must have been reduced by at least 15 per cent. Photo: Canada Beef
Beef Cattle, Livestock, News

Feds announce early livestock tax deferral

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Livestock producers in drought-affected areas are getting and early livestock tax deferral (LTD) for the 2024 season. The federal government said the situation has become more challenging for producers due to climate change, when announcing a list of regions eligible for the deferral on June 14. The LTD allows producers in designated areas, who were […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Lean hog futures retreat as wholesale US pork prices sag

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Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures backpedaled on Thursday from a one-week high reached during the previous session, while live cattle futures strengthened. Hog futures eased after wholesale U.S. pork prices pulled back from a jump on Tuesday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture priced the pork carcass cutout at $97.02 per […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, News

Cattle producers wary of grasslands conservation proposal

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Glacier FarmMedia – Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association members want the Canadian Cattle Association to press pause on its Grasslands Conservation Initiative until it can better communicate its plan. Several resolutions about the initiative were debated during the SSGA annual meeting June 11 and while some were defeated members did approve one calling on CCA to […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle, lean hog futures end lower

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Chicago | Reuters – Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed lower on Tuesday in dull technical trade as market players await cash cattle trade to develop, brokers said. CME August live cattle LCQ24 settled down 1.050 cents at 178.925 cents per pound, although the contract stayed above its 100- and 200-day moving averages. CME August […] Read more
Jodie Griffin, program coordinator for the Livestock Price Insurance program, presents at the SSGA AGM. Photo: Melissa Jeffers-Bezan
Beef Cattle, Livestock

Livestock Price Insurance coming to maritime producers

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At the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association (SSGA) conference on June 10 in Swift Current, Sask., Canadian Cattle Association (CCA) vice president Tyler Fulton highlighted the expansion of Livestock Price Insurance, which will be available to producers in Eastern Canada. Initially announced in February, the expansion will finally come into effect sometime this week. “It’s something […] Read more
Ryan Canart offloads yearlings in this corral, then familiarizes them with electric fence in a training paddock with several wires, before turning them into paddocks with one wire.
Beef Cattle, Grazing, Livestock

Manitoba beef producer focuses on rotational grazing on yearling operation

Longer rest period, daily moves and water infrastructure underpin 
Ryan Canart’s grazing system

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Though Ryan Canart grew up in Kamloops, B.C., he has always had roots in Manitoba. He spent much of his time as a kid with cattle in sales barns with his brother and his father, who worked as an order buyer but was originally from Elkhorn, Man. He was comfortable around cattle at a young […] Read more

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