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The Beef Cattle Research Council really got its start when government started backing out of beef research, says Andrea Brocklebank, BCRC executive director.
Beef cattle, Livestock

The guiding light of beef research

BCRC celebrates 25 years of funding research the government wouldn’t

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Many beef producers might remember a time, say 25 years ago, that a 900-pound steer would be considered finished. Today, there’s a good chance that same steer would be 50 pounds away from starting the finishing process. Craig Lehr remembers. And on the 25th anniversary of the largest not-for-profit, industry-led funding agency in Canadian beef
Manitoba’s incumbent NDP ag critic Diljeet Brar and Tory ag minister Derek Johnson appeared with Green Party leader Janine Gibson and Liberal candidate Neil Stewart (l-r) on Sept. 12, 2023 at a forum hosted by the Manitoba Farm Writers and Broadcasters Association. (Manitoba Co-operator photo by Geralyn Wichers)

Manitoba legislature’s agriculture leaders to return under new management

NDP scores majority over incumbent Tories

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Manitoba’s incumbent agriculture minister and lead opposition agriculture critic are headed back to the legislature — but under a new seating plan. Opposition leader Wab Kinew’s New Democrats are expected to form a majority government coming out of Tuesday’s provincial election, unseating incumbent premier Heather Stefanson’s Progressive Conservatives. Just after 1 a.m. Wednesday, NDP candidates
CME December 2023 live cattle with 20-, 40- and 50-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures drop on technical selling

U.S. supply outlook drags on hog futures

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures fell on Tuesday, pressured by technical selling and demand concerns, traders said. Hog futures notched their third straight losing session as the government’s bigger-than-expected supply report from last week continued to weigh on the market. The benchmark CME December lean hogs futures contract sank 0.425 cent
Cattle cross into a paddock with fresh forage within Ted Unruh’s rotational grazing system near Cromer, Man.
Beef cattle, Livestock

Turning back the clock with grazing

Cattle can help fill the biodiversity void left from the loss of bison

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Cattle are often maligned for their contributions to greenhouse gas levels, but Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Tim McAllister says that’s wrongheaded. “We hear about people advocating for the need to eliminate livestock from agriculture production, basically without really understanding the negative connotations that would have,” the researcher said during a University of Manitoba webinar in August. “We really need to be
File photo of cattle in an Alberta feedlot. (Geralyn Wichers photo)
Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market falters at record highs

Risk premiums in market seen eroding

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Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling markets traded $2 to as much as $8 lower on average. Calf markets were relatively unchanged to $10 lower. There was moderate demand for top quality grass yearlings but plainer types experienced softer buying interest. Pre-conditioned calves held value but unweaned bawlers appear to set back $5-$10. Seasonally,
File photo of Lake Winnipeg at Grand Beach Provincial Park. (IanChrisGraham/iStock/Getty Images)
Weather

Prairie Forecast Update: Wet weather for southern Manitoba, southeastern Saskatchewan

Update issued Oct. 2, covering Oct. 2-4

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The strong area of low pressure that the weather models have been forecasting to impact the eastern half of the Prairies on Tuesday and Wednesday is starting to take shape. The latest model runs show the low pushing northward into western Manitoba early on Tuesday morning and then moving off toward northwestern Ontario by late
CME December 2023 lean hogs with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs extend selloff on supply view

Cattle futures book gains

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell sharply for the second day in a row, hitting a four-month low as traders adjusted their expectations for prices to reflect the U.S. government’s bigger-than-expected supply view. “We simply don’t need the sow base we currently have or need lower prices to clear the
CME December 2023 lean hogs with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs limit down on USDA report

Chicago cattle also end lower

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures tumbled by the daily trading limit on Friday under pressure from stronger-than-expected productivity in U.S. herds, analysts said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a quarterly report issued after trading ended on Thursday, surprised analysts by reporting the average pigs saved per litter reached 11.61
Producers ask if now is the time to sell
Livestock Markets

Producers ask if now is the time to sell

AUCTIONS | Feeder steers booked higher-than-ever prices

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Most cattle auction sites in Manitoba hosted regular sales during the week ended Sept. 21, with prices for feeder steers higher than ever. The highest price for a steer was $525 per hundredweight at both Gladstone and Ste. Rose Auction Marts. Both weighed 400 pounds or less. All but one auction site, Winnipeg Livestock Sales, sold lightweight
CME December 2023 lean hogs with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs to face bigger-than-expected herd

CME cattle futures turn higher

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rose to a one-week high on Thursday but face pressure from a U.S. government report that showed a larger-than-expected domestic herd, analysts said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a quarterly report issued after trading ended, said the inventory of all hogs and pigs on

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