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Ontario producer Blake Vince says cover crops are a nice addition, but running them through cattle would be even better.
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MOA, MFGA teaming up to launch grazing exchange

Website will be based on South Dakota grazing exchange model

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A platform to connect livestock farmers and crop farmers with land they’d like grazed will go live early in the new year, says the Manitoba Organic Alliance (MOA). The group is teaming up with the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association (MFGA) to launch the online platform, but all producers are welcome to use the service,
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Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market stabilizes

Cow-calf producers selling sooner than normal

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Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle prices traded $2-$3 on either side of unchanged. Alberta packers were buying fed cattle on a dressed basis at $275 delivered; the Alberta fed market has rallied $10-$12 over the past couple weeks. Secondly, U.S. feeder cattle prices have also rallied US$10-US$12 during the same time frame
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Spy agency sees ransomware attacks soaring

Aggressive hacking expected to increase

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Ottawa | Reuters — Global ransomware attacks increased by 151 per cent in the first half of 2021 compared with 2020 and hackers are set to become increasingly aggressive, Canada’s signals intelligence agency said on Monday. The Communications Security Establishment (CSE), citing attacks on North American health facilities and a U.S. pipeline, said the scale
Dominic Barton. (Video screengrab from McKinsey.com)
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Ambassador to China to leave post after helping free detainees

Canola, 5G access, other issues remain

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Ottawa | Reuters –– Canada’s ambassador to China said on Monday he would soon leave his post after a two-year assignment where he helped secure the freedom of two Canadian detainees despite icy relations between Beijing and Ottawa. Dominic Barton’s departure, which will take effect Dec. 31, leaves a crucial diplomatic post open at a
File photo outside Cargill’s beef slaughter and packing plant at High River, Alta. on May 6, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Todd Korol)
Beef cattle, Livestock

Strike averted at Cargill’s High River beef plant

Deal that hikes wages by 21 per cent and offers large bonuses receives majority backing

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Workers at Cargill’s beef packing plant in southern Alberta have voted in favour of a contract that will hike wages by 21 per cent and provide improved health benefits. “The contract is the best of its kind and presented unprecedented gains in this time of economic and political uncertainty,” United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW)
CME February 2022 live cattle (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (pink, dark red and black lines). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs end down on profit-taking

Futures decline despite higher beef prices

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle, feeder cattle and hog futures ended lower on Friday as profit-taking hit the livestock markets ahead of the weekend, traders said. Live cattle futures consolidated after setting contract highs this week, traders said. Most-active CME February live cattle finished 0.625 cent lower at 138.95 cents/lb. (all
Cattle numbers jump as December approaches
Livestock Markets, Markets

Cattle numbers jump as December approaches

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AUCTIONS | Manitoba's animals are still eastbound, westbound — and southbound

One week after wintry weather caused some no-shows, Manitoba’s cattle auctions saw a definite increase in the number of animals through the rings for the week ended Nov. 25. During the week, 13,498 cattle were sold at auction in Manitoba with two sites, Heartland-Virden and Ste. Rose, surpassing the 2,000-head mark at their respective sales.

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