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Can cattle be “fattened up” on pasture without grain supplementation?
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Can cattle be “fattened up” on pasture without grain supplementation?

News Roundup: Virtual on-farm necropsy, VBP animal care module progresses, and calls to suspend COOL

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Forage Can I do that on grass? By Jack Kyle, Ontario forage specialist With increased interest in grass-fed beef, people ask if it is possible to fatten cattle on pasture without grain supplementation. The answer is yes, with a few conditions. When grass finishing animals remember that the market is generally not looking for as […] Read more
Feeder Cattle Market Looking Forward
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Feeder Cattle Market Looking Forward

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Calving season is coming to an end for many cow-calf producers and it is that time of year when I receive inquiries regarding the marketing strategy for this recent calf crop. At the same time, cow-calf pair prices have started to reflect the present value of future earnings and producers are asking if current values […] Read more
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Feeder cattle volumes were larger through the first quarter of the year as many producers sold into the strong market

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The fed-cattle cash market held near steady at record levels during the past four weeks. The current average fed-steer price in Alberta was $145.65/cwt, $31.79/cwt higher than the same week in 2013. Feedlots are up to date with their marketings, steer carcass weights are more than 30 pounds below year-ago levels and demand for the […] Read more
Beef Watch

Beef Watch

Prepared by the staff of Canfax and Canfax Research Services, divisions 
of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association

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Cattle prices across North America are signaling cow-calf producers to expand. How producers respond to that signal can be limited by weather and future market expectations. The January 1, 2014 cattle inventory reports showed stabilization in the U.S. industry as improved pasture conditions and feed supplies have halted the liquidation. North of the border inventories […] Read more
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Beef demand looking forward

Common market talk regarding the cattle market has to do with cattle inventories and beef production. We all hear about how the calf crop is at historically low levels and the cow herd is shrinking, and yet prices fail to make fresh highs. The reason, which most coffee shop analysts fail to look at, is demand. Statistics Canada and the […] Read more

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