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“The safe thing about the model is that they can just sort of get in there and help and I think it’s probably just been a great little experience for them.” – Shannon Carvey, Manitoba 4-H Council.

VIDEO: ‘Clover’ provides real calving skills, without a real cow

4-H to benefit from copycat calving model

By Alexis Stockford April 20, 2022

By the time the calf hit the ground in the arena of the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair, the spectacle had drawn quite a crowd. The birth was everything the beef producer would want to avoid — it was a hard pull, the calf contorted into the wrong position. The veterinarian on hand had a hard

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Yearling prices soften but calves drop sharply

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen April 20, 2022

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices unchanged to $4 lower on average while calves were down $4 to as much as $8 in some cases. The steer-heifer spread appeared to widen by $2-$3 for yearlings and $3-$6 for calves. Adverse weather set a negative tone and the market appeared to incorporate a risk

CME June 2022 lean hogs (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures backpedal off April high

Chicago cattle futures up

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek April 19, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — Profit-taking weighed on Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures on Tuesday after prices leapt to their highest price this month, traders said. Most-active June lean hogs settled down 1.075 cents at 121.325 cents/lb. (all figures US$). The contract is up eight per cent since nearing a one-month low on April 5

CME June 2022 lean hogs (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (pink, brown and dark red lines). (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures top two-week high

Chicago cattle futures ease

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek April 18, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rallied to their highest price in more than two weeks on Monday, while live cattle and feeder cattle futures weakened. Hopes for increased domestic demand from summertime grilling and cookouts helped lift hog futures, analysts said. They added that surging grain and soybean futures raised

CME June 2022 live cattle (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures end lower, hogs higher

Cattle end up off session lows

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen April 15, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — Benchmark live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange fell on Thursday as traders booked profits after a three-session climb and ahead of a long holiday weekend, traders said. U.S. markets, including the CME, will be closed for Good Friday. But cattle futures came off their session lows and hog futures

“You can’t obviously keep animals off all your pasture resources, but have a long-term plan, a five-year plan or something, where you rotate through and allow rest on those areas.” – Bart Lardner, University of Saskatchewan.

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Facing the fallout: Give drought-stressed pastures time to recover

What should pasture management look like the year after a historic drought?

By Alexis Stockford April 14, 2022

Seven months ago, producers around Joe Bouchard’s farm near Fisher Branch figured their pastures might be dead. “It was pretty grim here in July,” he said, recalling those dire days as the province, and Interlake in particular, were crippled by drought. “We started shipping older cows, cows that we knew were open. We pulled our

Livestock Markets, Markets

‘Hamburger season’ around the corner

High prices for feed grain have pressured cattle values

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 14, 2022

Prices at the Ashern Auction mart were “fully steady” at their April 6 sale, according to manager Kirk Kiesman. He noted prices have remained as such for the last three to four weeks, seeing little prospect of changing any time soon. “We’re getting close to ‘hamburger season’ on the cows and bulls,” Kiesman said, which

CME June 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 follow broad strength in commodities

June lean hog futures down on day

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen April 14, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange rose on Wednesday for a third straight session, buoyed by broad strength in commodities along with firming cash cattle prices, traders said. A blizzard crossing the northern Plains lent support, raising concern about stress on cattle in the Dakotas, but the storm was

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures climb on firmer cash trade

Lean hogs up on technical buying

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen April 12, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed higher on Tuesday on firmer cash cattle prices compared to last week and broad strength in commodities, analysts said. CME June live cattle futures settled up 1.5 cents at 136.3 cents/lb. after touching 136.675 cents, the contract’s highest since April 1 (all

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feedlots value feeders on finished cattle price projections

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen April 12, 2022

Compared to the week ending March 2, western Canadian yearling prices were $3-$5 lower on average. Mid-weight replacements in the range of 650-800 lbs. were down $8-$12. Steer calves under 650 lbs. traded steady to $5 lower. Heifer calves under 650 lbs. were also down $8-$12. The market was hard to define for heifer calves

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Cow-calf

VIDEO: ‘Clover’ provides real calving skills, without a real cow

Klassen: Yearling prices soften but calves drop sharply

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures backpedal off April high

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures top two-week high

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures end lower, hogs higher

Facing the fallout: Give drought-stressed pastures time to recover

‘Hamburger season’ around the corner

U.S. livestock: CME cattle follow broad strength in commodities

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures climb on firmer cash trade

Klassen: Feedlots value feeders on finished cattle price projections

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