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duBreton to boost output of crate-free pigs

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Reuters — Private Canadian pork producer duBreton said Thursday it plans to raise 300,000 additional pigs during the next three years without housing them in crates, as it seeks premium prices from food stores and restaurants for meat raised humanely. Larger Canadian rivals Olymel and Maple Leaf Foods are already converting all of their own […] Read more
Culicoides sonorensis. (Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Sheep/Goats, Weather

Livestock seen threatened as biting insects press north

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Bluetongue’s most recent appearance in the Canadian cattle herd may be a taste of what’s to come as insect species expand northward, a new study warns. Anna Zuliani, previously a graduate student in veterinary medicine at the University of Calgary (UCVM), recently published a paper on how geographical distribution of biting midges relates to the […] Read more
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Livestock

Guelph animal science department rebrands

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The Ontario Agricultural College’s department of animal and poultry science has hatched a new name meant to better take in the scope of its work. The new name, the Department of Animal Biosciences, “helps describe the department’s evolution from a livestock husbandry department in the 1870s to the highly dynamic and integrated department it is […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, CCA reports

CCA Report: North American producers stand firm on COOL

From the September 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) held a busy and productive semi-annual meeting in Winnipeg, Man. in August. Much of the discussion and debate around the board table focused on addressing factors that may be preventing some producers from expanding their herds to take advantage of current market opportunities. While drought and extreme dry conditions remain […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle plunge limit down to two-year low

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Wednesday tumbled to a two-year low, and by their three-cent-per-pound daily price limit, amid a seasonal slowdown in beef demand and lower expectations for cash prices this week, traders said. Spot-October and December respectively closed at 133.225 and 135.75 cents/lb., which are also their […] Read more
(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock, Reuters

Sage grouse denied U.S. endangered species status

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Commerce City, Colo. | Reuters –– A long-simmering debate in the U.S. West over an imperiled ground-dwelling bird reached a climax on Tuesday when the Obama administration announced it was denying Endangered Species Act protection to the greater sage grouse. U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell touted the decision as a success enabled by a sweeping […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle grind to 16-month low

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Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Tuesday quietly slid to their lowest level since late May 2014, pressured by seasonally sluggish wholesale beef demand, traders said. Global economic worries that sent U.S. stocks tumbling, which triggered selling across various commodities. Monday’s CME live cattle rally was overdone and were “tethered […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Bargain hunting, USDA report boost CME live cattle

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Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished higher on Monday, fueled by bargain hunting and short-covering following a four-day losing streak, traders said. Spot-October closed one cent per pound higher at 137 cents, and December ended up 1.375 cents, to 139.75. Traders said CME live cattle were further supported by Friday’s […] Read more

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