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Klassen: Feeder market undergoes minor recovery

By Jerry Klassen May 28, 2018

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearlings sold $3 to as much as $6 higher while calf markets were relatively unchanged. Feeder cattle futures experienced a $5-$7 rally, which quickly renewed optimism in the cash trade. Ideas that yearling supplies will drop below year-ago levels on both sides of the border this August spurred on […] Read more

Grazing behaviour checked by GPS and pedometers did not differ significantly for high- and low-RFI females in this trial.

Beef Cattle, Features

Do RFI ratings predict cattle performance on pasture?

In a word, no

By Debbie Furber May 28, 2018

Producers often wonder if genetic markers for feed efficiency based on drylot tests reflect feed efficiency on pasture where terrain, water sources and plant diversity are very different from a pen setting. Genetic markers for residual feed intake (RFI) have been identified that correlate well with actual RFI determined during the standard trials in pens […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Research

Have you rotated your breeds lately?

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

By Reynold Bergen May 25, 2018

Before becoming a politician and long before becoming a noted western Canadian historian, Grant McEwan was an animal science professor at the University of Saskatchewan. In 1938, he and A.M. Shaw published “An Experiment in Beef Production in Western Canada” (Scientific Agriculture XIX:177-198), summarizing one of Canada’s first crossbreeding projects. Straightbred two-year-old Angus, Shorthorn, Galloway […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle extend gains on drop in placements

By Michael Hirtzer May 25, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures rose on Friday, shrugging off earlier declines on technical buying and support from government data showing fewer cattle placed in feedlots during April, traders and analysts said. Relatively thinly traded feeder cattle futures jumped more than one per cent after the U.S. Department of Agriculture released its monthly […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

OIE declares Brazil free of foot-and-mouth, with vaccination

By Reuters May 24, 2018

Paris | Reuters — The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) declared Brazil free of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) with vaccination on Thursday, opening new export prospects for the world’s largest beef exporter. The OIE already considered most of Brazil to be free of FMD with vaccination. The declaration, which the government had been expecting since […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle ease on positioning ahead of supply report

By Michael Hirtzer May 24, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell nearly one per cent on Thursday, pressured by fears of lower trades in cash cattle markets and positioning ahead of a government supply report due on Friday, traders said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture was set to release its monthly Cattle on Feed report […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. beef packer margins soar as cattle prices fall

By Theopolis Waters May 23, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. beef packers including Tyson Foods and Cargill are racking up historically high margins, thanks to slumping cattle prices amid a supply glut and as Americans turn to beef for their backyard summer barbecues. Supermarkets are stocking up on steaks, hot dogs and hamburgers for the May 26 U.S. Memorial Day […] Read more

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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs rise on investment fund buying

By Michael Hirtzer May 23, 2018

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. livestock futures rose on Wednesday, with lean hogs bouncing from Tuesday’s roughly three-week low on technical and investment fund buying, traders and analysts said. Live cattle futures climbed to a 1-1/2 week high at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, further buoyed by positioning ahead of a monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture […] Read more

A drug initially developed to help treat BRD has been shown to reduce pain from foot rot.

Livestock, News, News Roundup

New drug targets pain from foot rot in cattle

Health: News Roundup from the May 2018 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Piper Whelan May 23, 2018

A new topical drug promising pain relief from a specific ailment affecting cattle is now available in Canada. Banamine transdermal, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) produced by Merck Animal Health, was released at the end of January. This pour-on product, with flunixin meglumine as the active ingredient, is used to reduce fever related to bovine […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

CME amends feeder cattle futures, options rules

By Reuters May 22, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — The Chicago Mercantile Exchange will amend the feeder cattle futures contract rule to include cattle identified in the U.S. Department of Agriculture reports as fancy, thin, fleshy, gaunt or full in the calculation of CME’s feeder cattle index price, the exchange said in a release Tuesday. The amendment change will be […] Read more

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Klassen: Feeder market undergoes minor recovery

Do RFI ratings predict cattle performance on pasture?

Have you rotated your breeds lately?

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle extend gains on drop in placements

OIE declares Brazil free of foot-and-mouth, with vaccination

U.S. livestock: Cattle ease on positioning ahead of supply report

U.S. beef packer margins soar as cattle prices fall

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs rise on investment fund buying

New drug targets pain from foot rot in cattle

CME amends feeder cattle futures, options rules

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