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U.S. livestock: Cattle up for week, first time since October

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures edged higher on Friday, capping their first weekly gain in five weeks as wintry weather across the central U.S. slowed the movement of cattle to market. Storms from New Mexico to Illinois that brought ice, snow and pounding rain caused flooding, killing at least three […] Read more

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Hog prices fighting for stability

CNS Canada — Canadian hog prices have been drifting slightly lower over the past few weeks but are showing signs of turning the corner, according to one industry expert in Saskatchewan. Brad Marceniuk, a provincial livestock development specialist in Saskatoon, said he expects prices to stabilize in the next couple of weeks as slaughter numbers […] Read more


Phil Birnie of WRAZ Red Angus and Garnet Yewsiuk of V6 Livestock chatting over coffee in the JJL Livestock Booth on Thursday morning.

PHOTOS: Cattle and camaraderie at Agribition 2015

Lisa Guenther of Grainews magazines takes you on a photo tour of Agribition 2015

If livestock is in your blood, the Canadian Western Agribition is where you need to be. Lisa Guenther of Grainews magazine attended the show in Regina, Sask., and offers up this display of sights as seen through her camera lens.

Hot reaction to WHO report on cancer, red meat

Hot reaction to WHO report on cancer, red meat

News Roundup from the November 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

Predictably red meat got another black eye when the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) report linking red and processed meats and cancer was released in the Lancet journal last month. Overall, the IRAC working group of 22 scientists from 10 countries classified consumption of processed meat as “carcinogenic to humans” […] Read more





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U.S. livestock: Lean hogs hit three-week high as cash prices stabilize

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures jumped as much as two per cent on Wednesday, lifted by stabilizing cash prices and ideas the market may have bottomed out after hitting six-year lows earlier this month. Live cattle futures and feeder cattle also were higher in light-volume trading at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange ahead […] Read more

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Understanding holistic management

Holistic Ranching with Don Campbell

H M has been in Western Canada for about 30 years. That is a relatively short time for a new concept. The term H M is well known but I suspect there are many people who do not understand what H M is. Lack of understanding can generate fear. If you have heard the term, […] Read more


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The AMR dilemma: Part 1

Searching for ways to move forward on antimicrobial resistance

No issue in the past 15 years logged more space in agriculture, veterinary or public health-related press than antimicrobial resistance (AMR). No single topic appears more often on conference and seminar agendas than the one addressing prudent use and abuse of antimicrobials in humans and animals. Despite the attention AMR has received, we have not […] Read more