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Collaboration to continue between Alberta cattle groups

By Piper Whelan March 19, 2019

The Alberta Cattle Feeders’ Association plans to collaborate with the Alberta Beef Producers on industry initiatives, despite the outcome of the 2018 ABP checkoff plebiscite. Greg Schmidt, ACFA vice chair, reported on the plebiscite results and the New Era Beef Industry Agreement at the organization’s annual general meeting on March 12 in Red Deer, Alta. […] Read more

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Klassen: Feeder market continues consolidation pattern

By Jerry Klassen March 19, 2019

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $3-$5 on either side of unchanged. The market was quite variable across the Prairies. Demand from south of the border evaporated due to adverse weather while southern Alberta experienced favourable spring conditions. Alberta packers were buying fed cattle at $260 on a dressed basis, up […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Hog futures rise on pork export optimism

By Julie Ingwersen, GFM Network News March 18, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. front-month hog futures surged on Monday, extending last week’s advances on expectations of additional export sales to China, where African swine fever has decimated the world’s largest hog herd, traders said. “We had that huge sale of pork to China last week, and the market is anticipating more sales,” said […] Read more

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Alberta confirms fourth PED outbreak

By GFM Staff March 18, 2019

Alberta took another punch last week in its fight with porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED), having confirmed the province’s fourth on-farm case of the disease. Officials with the provincial ag department and Alberta Pork haven’t said where the fourth case is located, nor how far it is from the three southern Alberta properties where outbreaks in […] Read more

Setting up heifers for success in their first breeding season is crucial to earning back the investment in those animals.

Cow-Calf, Features

Establishing reproductive momentum in replacement heifers

Make sure you take steps to get the most of your investment

By Piper Whelan March 18, 2019

Developing replacement females is an investment that can take years to earn back, making it essential to set them up early for reproductive success. Kathy Larson, research economist at the University of Saskatchewan, discussed the financial considerations of developing replacement females in a Beef Cattle Research Council webinar, including whether to purchase heifers or retain […] Read more

Workers sort cuts of fresh pork in a processing plant of pork producer WH Group in Zhengzhou in China’s Henan province in this file photo, taken through glass, from Nov. 24, 2017. (File photo: Reuters/Dominique Patton)

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

U.S. seizes pork from China on swine fever concerns

By Reuters March 18, 2019

Washington | Reuters — U.S. border agents have seized around one million pounds of pork from China, a spokesman for the agency said on Friday, over suspicions that it might contain African swine flu disease which has hit Chinese pork output. Federal agents have seized the supplies over the past week in New York. “The […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up as swine fever cuts Chinese herd

By Mark Weinraub, GFM Network News March 15, 2019

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. hog futures rallied to a five-month high on Friday, closing at their daily trading limit on improving export prospects due to a sharp reduction in China’s domestic supplies, traders said. China’s pig herd slid 16.6 per cent in February from the previous year, as African swine fever swept the country, […] Read more

Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, shown here March 14, 2019 at the Montreal-Trudeau airport with Canadian border services officers and detector dogs, announced new funding to expand Canada’s detector dog corps. (CNW Group/CFIA)

Hogs, Livestock

Canada to boost airport detector dog corps

By Dave Bedard March 15, 2019

With African swine fever top of mind, the federal government plans to more than double the total number of detector dog teams at Canada’s airports within five years. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, speaking in Montreal Thursday, announced new funding of up to $31 million over five years to add 24 Food, Plant, and Animal Detector […] Read more

(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

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U.S. livestock: Hog futures rally on improving export prospects

By Mark Weinraub, GFM Network News March 15, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures jumped 3.5 per cent on Thursday, supported by signs that exports could pick up due to rising Chinese demand, traders said. China bought 23,846 tonnes of U.S. pork last week, its biggest purchase in nearly two years, U.S. Department of Agriculture data showed on Thursday. Chinese hog prices […] Read more

Researchers found that exit and flight speed from chutes are reliable indicators of temperament. Heifers generally score higher in exit speeds.

Cow-Calf, Features

Behaviour temperament scoring in replacement heifers

Different scoring systems have included chute, gait, exit and flight speed

By Bruce Derksen March 14, 2019

Due to consumers’ perpetual concerns regarding animal welfare, producers are displaying a renewed interest in the study of temperament behaviour in beef cattle. Producers are also searching for legitimate technology and data to keep them on the cutting edge in their operational and financial decisions. They face more and more studies out of universities and […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

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U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

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Collaboration to continue between Alberta cattle groups

Klassen: Feeder market continues consolidation pattern

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rise on pork export optimism

Alberta confirms fourth PED outbreak

Establishing reproductive momentum in replacement heifers

U.S. seizes pork from China on swine fever concerns

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up as swine fever cuts Chinese herd

Canada to boost airport detector dog corps

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rally on improving export prospects

Behaviour temperament scoring in replacement heifers

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