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An industry in crisis
Cow-Calf, Features

An industry in crisis

Is there a way back? Cow-calf producers hold the key

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A cattle-feeding industry that by year-end will have lost an estimated billion dollars since August 2015 plus a cow-calf sector that has lost more than one million cows and over 20,000 producers in the past decade strongly suggests an industry in crisis. Cattle feeders might be excused if they are not quite as optimistic about […] Read more
Alberta’s provincial Agriculture Minister Oneil Carlier and Medicine Hat MLA Bob Wanner (r) met Dec. 21 with producers affected by the bovine tuberculosis outbreak near Jenner, about 75 km northeast of Brooks. (Government of Alberta photo)
Beef Cattle, Livestock

Quarantines added in bovine TB probe

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Federal inspectors’ search for animals exposed to one of six Alberta cattle confirmed with bovine tuberculosis (TB) has led them to quarantine more farm sites for testing. As of Wednesday, “approximately 50” farm sites, mostly in southeastern Alberta with “approximately five” in southwestern Saskatchewan, are under quarantine and movement controls, affecting about 26,000 animals, the […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle score four-month high

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Wednesday hit their highest level in four months, partly driven by short-covering and cash price optimism for this week, said traders. December live cattle closed up 1.175 cents/lb. to 113.275 cents (all figures US$). Most actively-traded February ended up 0.725 cent, to 116.225 cents. […] Read more
donald trump and beef cuts
Livestock, Markets, Prime cuts

Trump threatens NAFTA and more

Prime Cuts with Steve Kay, from the December 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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The integration of North America’s cattle/beef sector is one of the outstanding success stories of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which took effect at the start of 1994. The sectors in all three countries have thrived under NAFTA, with all classes of cattle entering the U.S. and beef flowing in all directions. Trade […] Read more
Grand Champion Bull honours went to SOS CHUCKWAGON 54C, exhibited by Springside Farms, Airdrie, Alta.
Livestock, News, Purely Purebred

Grand Champion Bull and Female honours awarded

Purely Purebred with Mike Millar: News about you from the December 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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The 2016 National Charolais Show was a resounding success at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto, Ont. The Ontario Charolais Association (OCA) hosted 46 breeders that exhibited 105+ animals. Cattle were sorted November 4 by Kasey Phillips, Waskatenau, Alta., and sparks flew at the National Charolais Sale that averaged $9,400. Compliments to the OCA […] Read more
Drs. Derek Haley, Lena Levison and Todd Duffield (l-r) co-ordinate the dairy cattle rotation for Ontario Veterinary College. (Photo courtesy University of Guelph)
Dairy Cattle, Livestock

New OVC vet rotation focuses on dairy animal welfare

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The Ontario Veterinary College has added a dairy animal welfare rotation to its fourth-year curriculum, as part of an increased focus on animal well-being. The rotation is offered through the Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare at the University of Guelph, where research has been conducted on animal welfare for 25 years. Montreal-based […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder cattle resume upward trend

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Western Canadian feeder cattle prices resumed the upward trend after a brief dip during the first major snowstorm of the year. Feeder cattle weighing above 750 lbs. traded $2-$4 above week-ago levels while calves were readily selling for $4 to as much as $8 higher. Optimism abounds in the feedlot sector, as Alberta fed cattle […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle mostly firmer

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled mostly higher on Monday after investors sold the December contract and simultaneously bought deferred months in a market strategy known as bear-spreading, said traders. The spreads, along with modest positioning before Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture monthly Cattle on Feed report, lifted some back-months […] Read more

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