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It’s important to keep vaccines at the right temperatures.
Livestock, Vaccine Management, Vet Case Study

Quick tips when using livestock vaccines

Veterinary Case Study: From using the right needle size to cleaning syringes, here’s how to do vaccination right

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Roper Roy arrived in our practice area last spring. He followed a young lady home from a horse training school in west Texas. Now married, it looked like Roper fell into a sizeable chunk of a prosperous ranching and farming operation. He came to town for supplies for their branding next weekend. While he waited, […] Read more
CME June 2024 live cattle with 20-day moving average and October 2023 live cattle (black line). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle, deferred live cattle set highs on tight supply

Hog futures down on lower export sales

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. feeder cattle futures and deferred live cattle futures climbed to new peaks on Friday, as limited U.S. supplies continued to propel prices. Inventories of U.S. cattle dwindled to their lowest levels in decades after producers reduced their herds over the last year because drought reduced the availability of pastures for […] Read more
Lionel Gibbs and Merle and Barbara Olson in Australia.
Livestock, News

Canadian company to launch anaesthetic-infused castration bands

Solvet’s new castration bands will release lidocaine slowly, providing long-term pain relief for animals during and after castration

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Journalists pack the room at Solvet’s operations in Calgary, Alta., hands in the air as they pepper Anders Olson with questions. A table holds Gatorade and donuts for the media tour, part of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists Congress held in Olds, Alta., this summer. Anders Olson, product manager and sales support for the […] Read more
CME October 2023 feeder cattle with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle set contract high, live cattle hit July high

Hogs up but within yesterday's range

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures climbed to a July high on Thursday while feeder cattle set new contract highs. Tight supplies continue to support the markets, analysts said, after U.S. producers reduced their cattle herds over the last year as drought limited the availability of pastures for grazing. October live […] Read more
CME October 2023 live cattle with 20- and 50-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rally near four-week high

October hogs touch lowest in a week

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rallied on Wednesday to their highest level in nearly four weeks, while feeder cattle also stormed higher. U.S. cattle supplies are tight as drought reduced the amount of pasture available for grazing and drove producers to send more cattle to slaughter over the last year. […] Read more
File photo of a wild boar crossing a road in Sweden. (Ockra/iStock/Getty Images)
Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

Swine fever detected in Sweden for first time

Recent outbreak in Balkans spurred culls

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Stockholm | Reuters — A dead wild boar in Sweden has tested positive for African swine fever, Sweden’s Veterinary Institute said on Wednesday, the first such case in the country. African swine fever is harmless to humans but is highly contagious and deadly in domestic pigs and wild boars. It has spread from Africa to […] Read more
Production uncertainty drives feed grain markets
Beef Cattle, Market talk, Markets

Production uncertainty drives feed grain markets

Market Talk with Jerry Klassen

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Barley and corn prices have been extremely volatile over the past month. Large regions of Western Canada are experiencing drought-like conditions. At the same time, crop ratings for the U.S. corn crop reflect yield uncertainty in the Midwest. I’ve received many inquiries from feedlot operators and cow-calf producers regarding the price outlook for corn and […] Read more
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Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Markets

New Zealand, Canada each claim wins in CPTPP dairy dispute

Dispute panel knocks Canada's dairy access rules

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A dispute settlement panel called by New Zealand under the Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) trade pact has ruled Canada’s limits on dairy market access cramp its agreed-upon obligations. But despite the panel’s findings in New Zealand’s favour, Canada is also framing the panel’s ruling as a win — as it also generally upholds Canada’s ability to […] Read more
CME October 2023 lean hogs with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs near one-month high on export outlook

CME cattle futures close lower

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures neared a one-month high on Tuesday on expectations for increased U.S. pork exports and tightening supplies. Demand for U.S. pork is benefiting as high pig prices in Europe cause global importers to shift some business to the United States, where pig prices have been weak, […] Read more
Robert Stwalley, a clinical associate professor in Purdue University’s department of agricultural and biological engineering, shows the hog cooling pad technology IHT has now licensed to make and sell in North America. (Photo: Tom Campbell/Purdue Agricultural Communication via Canada NewsWire)
Hogs, Livestock

Farrowing heat pad firm to bring hog cooling pads to market

Manitoba's IHT to offer new system next spring

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A Winnipeg-area company providing heating pad and lighting systems for hog barns is set to add a U.S.-developed line of hog cooling pads to its product lineup. IHT (Innovative Heating Technologies) Group announced Thursday it will make and sell a line of water-cooled pads that use a patented system designed at Purdue University in Indiana, […] Read more

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