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Farmer Derrick Gould (left) with his son Blaze (centre) and father Donald (right). Donald passed away this June.
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BACK TO THE LAND: ‘We used to plant hay here.’

The past, present, and hopeful future of Indigenous agriculture in Manitoba

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For decades, farming has declined in Derrick Gould’s community of Pinaymootang (Fairford) First Nation. In the late 1950s and early ‘60s, Gould estimates 35 to 40 families were raising cattle in pastures and hay lands along the Fairford River. Gould family history relates the beginning of the end for many of those farms: In 1961,
CME December 2022 lean hogs (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (pink, brown and black lines). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME December hogs extend slide on long liquidation

Cattle futures down on demand concerns

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Chicago | Reuters — Benchmark December lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange continued their slide on Wednesday, hitting a nine-month low on recession worries and long liquidation. CME October hogs ended up 0.675 cent at 89.375 cents/lb. (all figures US$). But most-active December hogs fell 0.425 cent to settle at 75.825 cents/lb. after
CME December 2022 lean hogs (candlesticks) with 20- and 50-day moving averages (brown and black lines, right column) and CME cash Lean Hog Index (pink line, left column). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME hogs tumble to nine-month low on recession fears

Chicago live cattle end mixed

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Chicago | Reuters — Benchmark December lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange fell for a fifth consecutive session on Tuesday, touching a nine-month low as fears of a recession hurting consumer demand for meat triggered another round of long liquidation, traders said. Sliding prices for cash hogs and wholesale pork added to bearish
Nearly one in five ranches now produces certified sustainable beef but the 10 million pounds sold with a CRSB claim is a fraction of Canadian beef production.
Beef cattle, Livestock

A tale of two numbers for sustainable beef

In less than four years, one in five producers has been certified sustainable but market penetration is still low

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Glacier FarmMedia – When it comes to making Canada a leader in the certified sustainable beef movement, two numbers stand out – one very large and the other (in relative terms) very small. As of June 30, nearly one-fifth of the country’s beef cattle were raised on farms certified under the standards of the Canadian
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Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Steady demand underpins feeder cattle complex

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Compared to last week, Alberta yearling markets traded $2-$4 on either side of unchanged; however, 800-pound-plus cattle in Manitoba and Saskatchewan appeared to trade $4-$6 higher. Yearling prices across the Prairies are now relatively even with no freight discounts from major southern Alberta markets. Calf markets are becoming more defined with larger volumes on offer.
CME December 2022 live cattle (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hog futures fall to multi-month lows

Recession fears eat at demand expectations

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures hit a two-month low on Monday and the benchmark December lean hogs contract hit an eight-month low as worries about the U.S. and world economy triggered a round of long liquidation, analysts said. “This market is looking for positive news, and not finding a lot.
Daniel Wuergler, co-owner of the Gallipool Frasses farm, walks among 18,000 Lohmann Classic laying hens at Les Montets, about 45 km northeast of Lausanne, on Sept. 16, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Denis Balibouse)
Livestock

Swiss reject initiative to ban factory farming

Voters back narrowly back rise in women's retirement age to 65

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Geneva | Reuters — Swiss voters on Sunday rejected a proposal to ban factory farming in a referendum on whether the wealthy country’s strict animal welfare laws need to be tightened yet further. The government’s VoteInfo App showed a provisional result of 62.86 per cent of votes against the proposal, put to a referendum under
CME December 2022 live cattle (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (pink, brown and black lines). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, lean hogs slide on recession worries

Feeder cattle up on lower corn prices

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell to their lowest level since early August on Friday on fears of a global recession that could curb demand for commodities including beef, traders said. CME October live cattle settled down 0.6 cent at 144.25 cents/lb. and the most-active December contract fell 0.8 cent
All auction sites up and running
Livestock Markets, Markets

All auction sites up and running

Strong beef demand is expected to run up against a smaller supply

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All eight of Manitoba’s cattle auction sites hosted regular sales for the first time in months during the week ended Sept. 16. Killarney Auction Mart was the last holdout in the province until it held its first sale of the fall run on Sept. 12, nearly three months after the start of the summer break.
“If you are aiming to be a low-cost producer, you really need to aim for less than $800 (per cow) on the cash cost side, and less than $1,200 on the total cost side.”
Livestock, News

Cow-calf network promises to compare apples to apples

The national benchmarking tool has one year of data collection left

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The Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC) hopes the third and final year of data collection will fill the gaps in a national cow-calf cost of production network. The network hopes to dive deeper than general benchmarks based on industry averages and, instead, will allow producers to compare metrics with farms sharing their management practices and

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