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A bacon-wrapped pork chop. (PorkBeInspired.com)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Lower cash, pork prices pull down CME hogs

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs finished lower on Wednesday, pressured by weaker cash and wholesale pork prices, said traders. Fund liquidation further weighed on the market, they said. December hogs, which will expire on Dec. 14, ended down 0.45 cent/lb. at 63.825 cents (all figures US$). Most actively-traded February closed 1.55 […] Read more
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U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle down on fund selloff

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures on Tuesday were led lower by fund liquidation after contracts slipped beneath chart support levels, said traders. CME live cattle market selling, and as much as $5/cwt lower cash feeder cattle prices, pressured the market, they said (all figures US$). January feeder cattle closed 2.125 […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Research

Can feeding nitrate improve efficiency and reduce methane?

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

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The rumen allows cattle to make highly nutritious beef out of things that humans can’t even digest. Rumen microbes have digestive enzymes that mammals don’t. This allows rumen microbes to break down complex feeds into very simple molecules, and reassemble those molecules into volatile fatty acids that the animal can absorb and use as an […] Read more
Forage quality from the perspective of 1-billion bacterial cells
Cow-Calf, Forages, Nutrition

Forage quality from the perspective of 1-billion bacterial cells

Nutrition with John McKinnon

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It is a time of year when feedlot operators and cow-calf producers are implementing their winter feeding programs. Forage, whether it is fed as hay, stockpiled forage (i.e. barley swaths or standing corn) or silage will play a big role in the vast majority of these operations. For feedlot operations, good-quality hay is often used […] Read more
Taste-testing during a Canadian Beef Advantage Seminar in Shanghai in 2013. (Canada Beef via YouTube)
Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

China to accept Canadian chilled beef, pork in pilot project

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Exporters of Canadian beef and pork are set to get expanded access to the “massive” Chinese market through a new bilateral pilot project. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Monday announced a series of joint initiatives and agreements in several fields including “a pilot project for the export of Canadian chilled […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle limit down on long liquidation

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures fell to a one-month low on Friday on fund-driven long liquidation and worries about declines on Wall Street, while hog futures firmed in largely technical trade, traders and analysts said. Live cattle fell despite higher wholesale beef values. Choice-grade wholesale beef prices rose $1.35, to $205.99/cwt. February live […] Read more

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