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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking undercuts CME live cattle

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Monday, pressured by fund selling and profit-taking after last week’s market rally, traders said. August live cattle ended 0.75 cent/lb. lower at 116.925 cents (all figures US$). October closed 0.875 cent lower at 114.65 cents and below the 100-day moving average of […] Read more
Cattleland’s 25,000-head lot now includes a 10,000-head restricted-access section for natual beef while a leased yard nearby is designed for EU cattle.
Beef Cattle, Features, Livestock

The price for serving alternative markets

Cattleland Feedyards is willing to pay it

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The days of expecting a constant feeder supply in anticipation of sales for finished cattle are no longer the norm for Cattleland Feedyards, a feedlot, cow-calf and farming operation owned by the Karen and Joe Gregory family of Strathmore, Alta. “Things used to be very easy. We bought the cattle, they’d come into the feedlot, […] Read more
(Landcorp.co.nz)
Livestock, Reuters

New Zealand farm firm bans use of palm in feed

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Wellington | Reuters — New Zealand farm company Landcorp said Monday it would ban its farmers from using palm kernel expeller (PKE), a feed supplement used for cows that environmentalists have linked to rainforest destruction. The state-owned company, which runs 140 farms, said it would end the use of the feed by June 2017 to […] Read more
vaccinating a calf
Beef Cattle, Cow-Calf, Livestock

Criteria for selecting the right antibiotic

There are a lot of factors at play and all of them need to be 
considered in every case where antibiotics are an option

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Although a few very effective antibiotics have been removed from the marketplace over the years, the choice has never been greater. The challenge is there are so many factors hinging on the outcome, so deciding which antibiotic to use — or if one is necessary at all — can be a very difficult decision. Also […] Read more
(Olymel.com)
Hogs, Livestock

Olymel to consolidate ham work next fall

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The meat packing arm of Quebec’s La Coop federee plans to shut down major ham lines at one of its further-processing plants in the province next year, cutting up to 340 jobs. Olymel said Friday it will halt ham deboning at its St-Hyacinthe plant in September 2017, eliminating 340 positions. Ham deboning work, until now […] Read more
(CMEGroup.com)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs fall on big supplies

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hogs futures fell to 3-1/2-month lows on Thursday as investors continued liquidating long bets amid plentiful supplies and lacklustre pork export sales, traders said. Live and feeder cattle futures also eased at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, with cattle prices reversing from multiweek highs reached earlier in the session. Hogs […] Read more

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