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Livestock, Reuters

Bayer to consider shedding animal health unit

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Leverkusen, Germany | Reuters –– Bayer might look into selling its animal health division if it continues to struggle to find takeover targets for the business, the German drugmaker’s incoming chief executive said. “Animal Health is a business that we have been trying for many years to strengthen strategically, that is to say inorganically. That […] Read more
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Forages, Livestock

Forage breeding faces funding challenges

Government has cut back, private companies are not keen on crops that don’t need to be reseeded every year, and you can’t check off sales to farmers’ own livestock

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Forages are Canada’s biggest crop but you wouldn’t know it because of the few resources that go into breeding them. You’d think that, given its size, forage would be a giant in the world of plant breeding. Unfortunately, it’s more of a midget. Canada has only four major publicly funded programs for breeding tame forages, […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder cattle markets remain sluggish

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Compared to last week, Canadian feeder cattle prices were steady to $5 lower across the Prairies while lighter-weight categories suffered a week-over-week decline of $4 to $6. Feedlots were a bit more aggressive on yearlings as quality backgrounded cattle are starting to dwindle at this time of year. A larger group of larger-frame lower-flesh Simmental […] Read more
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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking halts CME live cattle rally

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts settled lower on Monday after profit-taking ended futures’ three-day win streak, traders said. Fund selling surfaced after June and August slipped beneath their respective 10-day moving averages of 123.15 and 119.06 cents, which also tripped sell stops (all figures US$). April live cattle ended down […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Livestock

Stocking rates key to climate change adjustment

Low defoliation rates and leaving lots of litter are best for coping with weather variations from year to year

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Fast and hard? Slow and easy? And how many animals per acre? Stocking and defoliation rates are a complex and even controversial issue, and depend a lot on the weather. Climate change could make them even more complex. To get a better idea on how producers should respond, Edward Bork and a team from the […] Read more
Holistic ranching, Livestock

Holistic Ranching: Financial planning

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Holistic Management offers a very robust financial planning process. It differs from traditional bookkeeping in several key areas: We are always planning in the future. We would complete our financial plan before the year begins. We set our profit before the year begins. We spend our expense money more wisely. We monitor our plan monthly. […] Read more
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Livestock, Reuters

England’s farmland prices fall ahead of Brexit vote

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London | Reuters –– Farmland prices in England fell by 3.2 per cent in the first quarter of this year — the largest quarterly decline since 2008, weighed partly by uncertainty ahead of the June 23 referendum on European Union membership, estate agent Knight Frank said. Knight Frank’s Farmland Index fell to 19,538 pounds (C$35,881) […] Read more
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Livestock, Reuters

Investor group launches campaign to curb antibiotic use in food

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Reuters — Fifty-four large investors managing one trillion pounds (C$1.84 trillion) in assets have launched a campaign to curb the use of antibiotics in the meat and poultry used by 10 large U.S. and British restaurant groups. McDonalds and JD Wetherspoon were among those to receive a March 15 letter from institutions including Aviva Investors […] Read more
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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Technical buying drives CME live cattle higher

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts rose for a third day in a row on Friday, fuelled by short-covering and fund buying after contracts broke through technical resistance, traders said. April live cattle ended up 1.95 cent/lb. at 134.375 cents, and June closed 1.8 cent higher at 124.025 cents (all figures […] Read more
Cost per pound of gain or cost plus — is there a right answer?
Livestock, Nutrition

Cost per pound of gain or cost plus — is there a right answer?

Nutrition with John McKinnon, beef cattle nutritionist

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At last month’s Western Canadian Feedlot Management School, the focus was on backgrounding programs for newly weaned calves. As is often the case at these meetings, an idea for this column pops into my head as a result of discussions with producers or listening to speakers. It was no different at this year’s school where […] Read more

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