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Feed Grain Weekly: Tariff fears on cattle leads to weak demand

April 9, 2025

As tariff issues continue to hover around the globe, there has been a sharp reduction in the number of cattle in Canadian feedlots, said Darcy Haley, vice-president of Ag Value Brokers in Lethbridge. And that has reduced the demand for feed grains in Western Canada to a trickle.

Klassen: Feeder cattle market stabilizes

September 3, 2024

For the week ending August 31, Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were relatively unchanged compared to seven days earlier. Finishing feedlots are exuding a cautious sentiment. While order buyers had a full deck, there were upside limits. Pen-sized strings of quality yearlings traded at a premium to average values. Alberta packers were buying fed cattle[...]

Beef cattle, News

Young cattle producers needed

By Ed White February 21, 2024

Glacier FarmMedia – It wasn’t hard to find young cattle folk in the barns at Manitoba Ag Days. “They always say (average age) is getting older, but not in livestock, especially not in this kind of seedstock industry,” said Austen Anderson, as he braced himself against one of his Angus bulls. “It’s a young (person’s)[...]

Beef cattle, Livestock

Burps and belches next cow environmental target

By Don Norman January 30, 2024

Enteric methane will be the federal government’s next big target agricultural producers are expected to aim for. It’s the methane cattle produce when they digest food. It’s released mainly through respiration. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) made two big announcements recently that brought methane to the forefront of their climate change policy. In December, at[...]

Beef cattle, Livestock

Hormone implants offer clear advantage

By Don Norman January 23, 2024

The Canadian cattle industry is facing a quandary. With the global population expected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, beef production must increase to meet rising demand. On the other hand, there is greater pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in agricultural production. Environment and Climate Change Canada says agriculture contributes about eight per cent[...]

Beef cattle, Livestock

Watch for blue-green algae in your livestock water supply

By Jeff Melchior July 12, 2023

In over three decades as a veterinarian, Roy Lewis never saw a cow die from ingesting blue-green algae from an infected water source. But he still says it’s an issue ranchers should watch for. Why it matters: Manitoba has had a hot start to the summer with over two dozen days with daily highs above[...]

Beef cattle, Livestock

Cow, calf records offer valuable insight

By Geralyn Wichers April 12, 2023

Most cattle producers keep some form of calving and herd records but there’s always room for improvement. In fact, there’s almost no limit to how much one can ‘geek out’ on herd data collection. “To try to track everything is overwhelming and just about a full-time job in itself,” said Andrea Bertholet, a provincial livestock[...]

Beef cattle, Livestock

Weaning calves early isn’t normal but is an option when feed is short

By Alexis Kienlen June 15, 2022

Glacier FarmMedia – When feed is tight and times are tough, early calf weaning is an option — albeit an unusual one, says one of the country’s leading cattle experts. “Early weaning is talked about a lot, but not many people do it,” said Dr. John Campbell, a professor of large-animal clinical sciences at the[...]

Beef cattle, Livestock

Things to consider after a drought has hit

By Roy Lewis August 17, 2021

Droughts always teach (or remind) us of things we need to be prepared for to maintain health and production in our herds, including ways to access feed and, if need be, marketing. The Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC) recently put on a very good question-and-answer webinar relating to drought concerns and cattle health. Here are[...]

U.S. livestock: CME lean hog futures tumble on uncertain pork demand

August 9, 2021

Chicago | Reuters – Lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange fell sharply on Monday, with the benchmark October contract down its daily limit on worries about a seasonal increase in hog supplies and uncertain demand for U.S. pork, analysts said. CME October hog futures settled down 3 cents at 84.600 cents per pound,[...]

Alberta Crop Report: Higher-than-average yields expected

U.S. livestock: Tight cattle supply helps CME futures rebound from collapse

U.S. grains: Soy futures post weekly loss on expectations for big U.S. crop

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Alberta Crop Report: Higher-than-average yields expected

U.S. livestock: Tight cattle supply helps CME futures rebound from collapse

U.S. grains: Soy futures post weekly loss on expectations for big U.S. crop

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Feed Grain Weekly: Tariff fears on cattle leads to weak demand

Klassen: Feeder cattle market stabilizes

Young cattle producers needed

Burps and belches next cow environmental target

Hormone implants offer clear advantage

Watch for blue-green algae in your livestock water supply

Cow, calf records offer valuable insight

Weaning calves early isn’t normal but is an option when feed is short

Things to consider after a drought has hit

U.S. livestock: CME lean hog futures tumble on uncertain pork demand

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