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We live in a vulnerable world

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It is spring and the time when all Canadian farmers think of green grass, planting, awakening forests, early rains and trickling rebirth. This is our land and our livelihood and no one understands it better. Our soil, so firmly attached to our working boots, is the foundation of our existence and the reason for the […] Read more
Pain control gaining priority among beef producers
Beef Cattle, Livestock

Pain control gaining priority among beef producers

For Saskatchewan beef producers Tamara and Russ Carter administering a pain control product to calves prior to branding and castration procedures was just the right thing to do

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Over the past three calving seasons the Carters, who ranch near Lacadena in southwest Saskatchewan, have been treating spring calves with an injection of Metacam just prior to processing. The product from Boehringer Ingelheim has been on the market for several years. It was developed as an anti-inflammatory and pain relief product, quite commonly used […] Read more
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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end mostly weak, but off lows

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Chicago | Reuters — Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts posted modest losses on Thursday, pressured by continued fund selling, traders said. They said, sporadic bargain hunting and solid wholesale beef demand freed contracts from session lows. Additionally, investors at times sold the April contract and simultaneously bought June in a trading strategy known […] Read more
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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Fund selloff extends CME live cattle losses

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Wednesday settled in bearish territory for a third consecutive session, hit by more fund liquidation after contracts drifted below technical support levels, traders said. April live cattle ended 1.35 cents/lb. lower at 132.175 cents, and June closed 1.125 cents lower at 121.725 cents (all […] Read more
Taylor and Tamara Grafton
Features, Forages, Livestock

Seeing the ranch as a classroom

Learning is a way of life at the Bar K

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[UPDATED: Feb. 10, 2025] The Bar K Ranch has changed hands since this article was written in 2016. The current owners have a different management approach, and no longer use horses for the regular ranch work. From 400 auction market cows in the early 1980s, Bar K Ranch has evolved into a modern beef operation […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Technical selling sends CME live cattle lower

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures extended Monday’s losses into Tuesday on more profit-taking and technical selling, traders said. April live cattle ended 0.55 cent/lb. lower at 133.525 cents, and beneath the 100-day moving average of 133.68 cents (all figures US$). June closed 0.375 cent lower at 122.85 cents. Futures declined […] Read more

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