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Currency analysts watch for interest rate decision

By Jade Markus January 19, 2016

CNS Canada — The likelihood of the Bank of Canada cutting interest rates on Wednesday is already priced into the loonie, according to one analyst — but if the bank instead decides to hold rates steady, the beleaguered currency could move higher. The Canadian dollar was trading around US69 cents (US$1=C$1.45) near midday Tuesday, which […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Uncertainty causes feeder market volatility

By Jerry Klassen January 19, 2016

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices traded steady to as much as $10 lower compared to week-ago levels. Feedlot hands are contending with adverse winter conditions and cattle travelling farther distances were down $6 to $12 in non-major feeding regions. Feeder markets were slightly softer Monday through Wednesday; however, feedlot operators were quick to back away […] Read more

Shokhan Mussabalin and his son, Dualet Ualikhanov.

Livestock

An international Hereford tour in Saskatchewan

By Debbie Furber January 19, 2016

Peace to Canada, says Shokhan Mussabalin in Kazakh. “My father says he likes how people treat their work here, living with their families on the farms and organizing programs like Agribition to help beef. He means peace to Canada so people can continue to work as they do,” interprets Daulet Ualikhanov. The family from Almaty, […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Pamela Anderson causes stir in French parliament over foie gras

By Reuters January 19, 2016

Paris | Reuters — Canadian actress Pamela Anderson triggered scenes of chaos in France’s parliament on Tuesday as journalists fought and shoved to hear her campaign for a ban on the force-feeding of ducks and geese for foie gras. A photographer and a cameraman came to blows as those in the media scrum struggled to […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

U.S. deploys new bird flu plan to protect humans, poultry

By Julie Steenhuysen, Tom Polansek, GFM Network News January 19, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. farm and health officials are racing to assess the threat that a type of bird flu never before seen in the country poses to humans and poultry, employing emergency plans drawn up in the wake of a devastating outbreak in birds last year. The federal government sprang into action on […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Canada blocks poultry, eggs from Indiana

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff January 18, 2016

Cross-border travellers coming into Canada from the U.S. are now warned against bringing in raw poultry and eggs from Indiana, the site of the country’s latest cases of avian flu. Travellers entering Canada from the U.S. may not bring in uncooked poultry products, live birds and/or eggs from Indiana, North Dakota or Missouri, the Canadian […] Read more

Cow-Calf, Livestock

Get ready for calving

By Dr. Ron Clarke January 18, 2016

Another list you might say. Seems important things tendered as advice always come in a list; some is trivia, some make sense, others simply repeat what’s been said before. The following is a bit of all three, but needs to be offered as a reminder each calving season. Hang this one by the door and […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Equities rout plunges CME live cattle limit down

By Theopolis Waters, GFM Network News January 15, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled down by their three-cent/lb. daily price limit on Friday after U.S. stock futures plummeted amid global economic jitters, traders said. February live cattle and April closed at 127.55 cents and 128.5 cents, respectively (all figures US$). Live cattle’s trading limit will be expanded to […] Read more

(L-r) chaperon Sid Livingstone, Halley Adams, Colby Evans, MacArthur Kowalchuk, and Riley Sharp.

Livestock, Purely Purebred

Alberta 4-H Livestock Judging Team places first in beef judging

Purely Purebred: News about you from the January 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Mike Millar January 15, 2016

Congratulations to the Alberta 4-H Livestock Judging Team (photo at top of page) for placing first in beef judging, third in swine and sheep judging, second in reasons and third overall at the NILE competition in Billings, Montana. Two of the four team members who made this year’s team were from purebred farms: Halley Adams, […] Read more

CCA reports, Livestock

CCA Report: Government responds to COOL report

From the January 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Dave Solverson January 15, 2016

On December 7, the long awaited report came from the World Trade Organization (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) Arbitration panel that U.S. mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL) has caused Canadian livestock producers to suffer annual damages in the amount of C$1.055 billion. I was writing this in December from Washington, D.C., where CCA was lobbying for […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

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