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U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures mixed; feeders boosted as corn slumps

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Chicago | Reuters – Feeder cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group (CME) ticked up again on Thursday, bolstered by continued weakness in corn futures Cv1, while live cattle futures were mixed on somewhat sluggish cash sales, analysts said. The U.S. Agriculture Department said on Thursday morning that export sales of beef rose to 21,400
Slaughter prices steady to lower in lone sale
Livestock Markets, Markets

Slaughter prices steady to lower in lone sale

Manitoba’s cattle sector is still in its summer slog, with low volumes headed to the ring

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Summer is the slow season for Manitoba’s cattle industry and only one auction facility was open during the week of July 14-20. The Grunthal Livestock Auction Mart Ltd. hosted its sale July 18 with 63 head, including only nine feeder cattle. “There’s almost no feeder cattle moving at this time of year. Most markets are
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Biogas can meet rural energy needs

Proponents say government needs to stop insisting on electrification

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Glacier FarmMedia – The landscape for renewable natural gas production on Canadian farms is getting bigger, but provincial and federal governments must stop thinking of the fuel in the same way as they do for natural gas derived from fossil fuels. That was the take-home message from a group of panelists representing the agriculture sector
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Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures extend profit-taking slide

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Chicago | Reuters – Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group fell on Tuesday for a fourth session on profit-taking after last week’s contract highs, and a month-long slide in wholesale beef prices that erased meat packers’ profit margins, analysts said. CME August live cattle futures LCQ3 settled Tuesday down 0.450 cent at 178.300 cents
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Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: live cattle futures end mixed; feeders pressured as corn soars

Persistent poor pasture conditions pushing producers to place more cattle in feedlots: analysts

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Chicago | Reuters – Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group closed mixed on Monday, with nearby contracts pressured by surging feed grain prices and bearish data in Friday’s monthly U.S. Cattle on Feed report. CME August live cattle futures LCQ3 settled down 1.275 cents at 178.750 cents per pound and most-active October LCV3
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Beef cattle, Livestock

Klassen: tight supplies continue to underpin feeder complex 

Feedlot operators shrug off past week's rally in the corn market

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Compared to last week, Western Canadian yearling markets traded $2-$5/cwt higher on average while calves were up $5/cwt to as much as $10/cwt in some cases. Feather light calves under 500 pounds reached fresh historical highs with 300-400 pound steers trading from $400-$450/cwt in Southern Alberta.  Finishing feedlots continue to be aggressive on yearlings for
Katlin Lang is co-founder of FarmSimple Solutions, a company that provides a water trough sensor for remote watering system. Photo: John Greig
Livestock

At Ag in Motion: Water trough monitoring made easier

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Glacier FarmMedia – Imagine being able to run to the lake without worrying about water trough levels for grazing cattle. That’s the scenario that drove Katlin and his brother Dustin Lang, of Vibank, Sask., to found a company to provide a water trough monitoring system. Designed for troughs that are connected to solar systems out
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Livestock, Markets

U.S. Livestock: cattle futures fall, supplies remain tight

USDA says farmers raising the fewest number of beef cows since 1971

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Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group live cattle futures weakened on Friday but remained near all-time highs hit a day earlier as traders squared positions ahead of key government supply reports. Traders said that the market faced pressure from profit-taking but weakness in the corn market helped limit the decline. August live cattle futures

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