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Livestock, Research

Toe tip necrosis syndrome in cattle

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

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Lameness is the second most costly feedlot health issue after bovine respiratory disease. Aside from treatment and death losses, lame cattle eat less, grow less, convert feed to gain less efficiently, and are more prone to transport injuries. Lameness is also a significant animal welfare concern and has been incorporated into some on-farm welfare audit […] Read more
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Hogs, Livestock

Field testing underway on Canadian PED vaccine

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Field testing is underway and a corporate partner on board for development of a made-in-Saskatchewan vaccine to protect pigs against porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED). The University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre (VIDO-InterVac) said Monday its prototype vaccine, first announced last year, has moved into field testing in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Manitoba […] Read more
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Livestock, Reuters

Couche-Tard to buy Corner Store owner in US$4.4B deal

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Reuters — Canadian convenience store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard said on Monday it would buy U.S. convenience store chain CST Brands in a deal valued at about US$4.4 billion, boosting its presence in the southeastern U.S. and Eastern Canada. San Antonio, Texas-based CST is one of the largest publicly traded fuel retailers in North America and […] Read more
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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle weaken before USDA report

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Friday posted losses for a fourth consecutive session, partly on caution before Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed report at 2 p.m. CT, traders said. Analysts polled by Reuters, on average, believe that July 2016 cattle placements increased modestly compared to […] Read more
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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle losses mount in fund selloff

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Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished lower for a fourth straight session on Thursday, saddled by fund liquidation after slipping below technical support levels, traders said. August live cattle ended 1.175 cents/lb. lower at 113.575 cents (all figures US$). October closed 1.825 cents lower at 110.575 cents and below the […] Read more
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Livestock

Canada books bigger beef cattle herd

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New estimates from Statistics Canada show the country’s cattle producers hanging onto more breeding stock and holding more calves as of July 1 compared to the same date last year. StatsCan’s livestock estimates as of July 1, released Thursday, showed 13.2 million cattle on Canadian farms as of July 1, up 1.3 per cent from […] Read more
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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Pork price turnaround sends CME lean hogs higher

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog contracts finished higher on Wednesday, ignited by short-covering after Tuesday’s selloff and the morning’s wholesale pork price rebound, said traders. October ended 1.15 cents/lb. higher at 61 cents, and December finished up 1.3 cents, to 56.75 (all figures US$). After falling almost $3/cwt the day before, […] Read more

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