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What goes around, comes around with protein: Part 2

Nutrition with John McKinnon

By John McKinnon July 13, 2018

In my April column I focused on the principles of protein nutrition in beef cattle with an emphasis on rumen degradable and undegradable protein and on meeting the metabolizable protein needs of the animal. The reason that I focused on this topic was my experiences this past winter with producers who were having difficulty meeting […] Read more

Italian sausages, cheeses and other traditional foods for sale in Milan’s Piazza del Duomo in December 2016. (Florin1961/iStock/Getty Images)

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Italy says it won’t ratify EU-Canada trade deal

By Alberto Sisto, Gavin Jones July 13, 2018

Rome | Reuters — Italy will not ratify the European Union’s free trade agreement with Canada, Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Friday, although Canadian officials played down the threat to the accord, which mostly took effect last year. “Soon CETA (the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) will arrive in parliament and this […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs turn up on short-covering

By Michael Hirtzer July 12, 2018

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock futures ticked higher on Thursday, boosted by short-covering and technical buying after prices probed new lows earlier this week, traders said. Futures for cattle and lean hogs notched narrow gains despite fears of weaker prices in cash markets and a lower trend in wholesale meat values — […] Read more

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Babybel cheesemakers to set up Quebec plant

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff July 12, 2018

The makers of those little individual cheese snacks in the red wax shells plan to start producing them at their own new Canadian plant starting in early 2020. France’s Bel Group, whose brands in Canada include The Laughing Cow, Boursin and the aforementioned Mini Babybel, announced Thursday it will put up $87 million to build […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Hogs, cattle extend declines on trade war worries

By Michael Hirtzer July 11, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. livestock futures fell one per cent or more on Wednesday, extending declines on technical selling and fears reduced pork and beef exports could result in burdensome supplies in domestic meat markets, traders and analysts said. Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures contracts slumped to lifetime lows for the third […] Read more

Serums produced from fetal bovine blood used in the pharmaceutical industry are vital to the production of vaccines.

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The copious cattle carcass

Prime Cuts with Steve Kay

By Steve Kay July 11, 2018

When consumers think of cattle, they mostly focus on the juicy steak, roast or ground beef that comes from an animal’s carcass. That’s if they even connect these and other beef products to an animal. What they seldom if ever think of is the copious number of byproducts from that animal that find their way […] Read more

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Klassen: Fed cattle market leads yearlings higher

By Jerry Klassen July 10, 2018

Compared to last week, yearlings traded $3 to as much as $6 higher. While many auction barns were on holidays, buyers had a full deck of orders for the limited supplies on hand. Many buyers and few sellers characterized the market environment. The quality of cattle is quite variable at this time of year but […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: CME hogs hit new lows as cash prices fall, funds roll

By Reuters July 10, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hogs on Tuesday marked new lows, and the August contract fell by its three-cent daily price limit, amid eroding cash prices and the roll by funds, said traders. Tuesday was the second of five days that CME livestock market funds which track the Standard + Poor’s Goldman Sachs […] Read more

Riparian habitat at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. (FWS.gov/refuge/Malheur)

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Trump pardons Oregon ranchers who inspired refuge standoff

By Jonathan Allen July 10, 2018

Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned two imprisoned Oregon ranchers whose sentencing on arson convictions sparked the 2016 occupation of a wildlife refuge, part of a long-simmering dispute over federal land policies in the U.S. West. The armed standoff at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in remote southeast Oregon followed a judge’s […] Read more

The Olds Technical Access Centre aims to spark innovations that improve livestock production.

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A Technical Access Centre for livestock production

Key industry issues focus on production efficiency, animal health and welfare and environmental sustainability

By Heather Smith Thomas July 10, 2018

The Canadian government has been setting up a number of Technical Access Centre (TAC) research programs to aid several industrial sectors. The first TACs were created in 2011 as part of the College and Community Innovation Program. In September 2017, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) announced development of a series […] Read more

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What goes around, comes around with protein: Part 2

Italy says it won’t ratify EU-Canada trade deal

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs turn up on short-covering

Babybel cheesemakers to set up Quebec plant

U.S. livestock: Hogs, cattle extend declines on trade war worries

The copious cattle carcass

Klassen: Fed cattle market leads yearlings higher

U.S. livestock: CME hogs hit new lows as cash prices fall, funds roll

Trump pardons Oregon ranchers who inspired refuge standoff

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