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University of Saskatchewan researcher Paola Elizalde Ruiz drops an experimental vaccine vector into the eye of a calf.
Beef cattle, Livestock

Vaccination for cattle aims to leave pink eye in the dust 

New method promises to battle disease where it lives

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Glacier FarmMedia – Treating pink eye in cattle on pasture can be frustrating, time consuming and only minimally effective. That’s why researchers with the University of Saskatchewan have completed a trial project that may set the stage for more effective treatment. Results from the recent study, started by now-retired researcher Philip Griebel, suggest that dropping
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Beef cattle, Livestock

FCC to offer beef heifer replacement loans

Loan program for those wanting to build, maintain herds

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Cattle producers wanting to expand or maintain herds — in a time of nationwide herd contraction — are the expected beneficiaries for a new loan program from Farm Credit Canada. FCC on Tuesday announced what it calls the Replacement Heifer Program, consisting of a loan with a maximum loan life of seven years and a
CME December 2023 live cattle with 20- and 50-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures rise on supply concerns

Chicago lean hogs slump

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures firmed on Tuesday, amid ongoing concern over animal weights shrinking and a steady stream of heifers being sent to slaughter, traders said. Rising cash cattle prices also gave the beef market a boost on the day, traders said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said meat processors
CME December 2023 lean hogs with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME hog, cattle futures decline

Pigs seen bulking up on new-crop corn

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock markets weakened on Monday, with lean hog futures nearing their lowest price in more than four months. Concerns about lacklustre demand for U.S. pork continued to hang over the market, analysts said. Seasonally, hog futures also tend to decline around this time of year as pigs fatten
A tract of Amazon jungle burns as it is cleared by farmers at Rio Pardo in Brazil’s Rondonia state on Sept. 15, 2019. (File photo: Reuters/Ricardo Moraes)
Weather

Brazil tells landowners to stop setting fires in Amazon ‘climate emergency’

Properties could be embargoed, agency says

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Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s government told ranchers and farmers on Friday to stop setting fire to the Amazon rainforest as clouds of dense gray smoke make the air increasingly unbreathable in the northern city of Manaus, threatening sanctions if they do burn areas of land. “Fire is not natural in the Amazon, it
CME December 2023 live cattle with 20- and 50-day moving averages and ICE December 2023 Brent crude (black line, left column). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle retreat as energy rally dents beef demand outlook

Lean hog futures mostly also lower

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures fell on Friday as traders banked profits and squared positions ahead of the weekend as geopolitical turmoil riled energy markets and stoked concerns about beef demand. Crude oil rallied more than five per cent on Friday on the escalating Middle East conflict as the Israeli military
CME December 2023 live cattle with 30-, 40- and 50-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs rise on technical buying

USDA supply data seen as priced into market

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures rose on Thursday as technical buyers stepped into the market after prices weakened earlier in the session. Traders said the massive supplies reported by the U.S. Agriculture Department have been priced in and speculators were likely to buy any dip in the market at current levels.
File photo of a case of lumpy skin disease in Bangladesh. (Md Babul Hosen/iStock/Getty Images)
Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Livestock

Australia buys vaccines for lumpy skin disease to safeguard cattle exports

Recent scares halted some live export trade

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Canberra | Reuters — The Australian government said on Wednesday it had bought a supply of vaccines for lumpy skin disease (LSD), a highly infectious condition affecting cattle, as part of efforts to control the disease and maintain live animal exports. The government says Australia is free of LSD but infection scares in recent months
Cattle prices steady but still high
Livestock Markets, Markets

Cattle prices steady but still high

Calves are turning up earlier than usual at Manitoba markets

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High-end prices for feeders were still at record levels for the week ended Oct. 5, but some prices were either steady or lower compared to the previous week. In the case of Killarney Auction Mart, prices for feeder heifers and slaughter cattle were little changed at its regular sale on Oct. 2. Heavyweight steer prices

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