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U.S. livestock: Live cattle firms on stronger cash, wholesale market

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures firmed on Wednesday, underpinned by stronger cash trade as packers pull more cattle forward, while wholesale beef prices added support, analysts said. “It does seem like the packers have picked up the production for cattle lately,” said Doug Houghton, technical analyst at Brock Capital Management.


Lessons learned on the farm apply to the pandemic

Lessons learned on the farm apply to the pandemic

Beef 911: Maintaining herd health has taught us about the same good practices being used to combat COVID

The Canadian Veterinary Medical Association designates the first week in October every year in order to increase awareness of veterinary involvement with all animals. Every year there is a theme and this year’s is most appropriate. It is Animal Health + Human Health + Planet Health = One Health. One Health really encompasses the entire

Voucher winner Grace Glover, of Boissevain.

Glover awarded Angus voucher

The funds will support expanding herds for randomly selected members of Canadian Junior Angus

A young Manitoban is among the winners of three $2,000 vouchers to fund the purchase of an Angus heifer. Grace Glover, of Boissevain, was one of the Canadian Junior Angus members selected in a random draw. Layne Chantler, of Egbert, Ontario and Karsen Van Sickle, of Red Deer County, Alberta were also recipients. The vouchers



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U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle futures slide to five-month low

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures hit a one-week low on Monday on bigger-than-expected U.S. supplies, while feeder cattle dropped to a five-month low, analysts said. Traders have been expecting cattle supplies to tighten but did not see signs of it in October, said Rich Nelson, chief strategist for agricultural commodities


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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures fall; hog futures rise as traders look at cash prices

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell for the second day in a row on Friday, with traders saying that prices were still too high compared to cash market. High prices for corn and wheat that weighed on cattle producers’ profit margins added further pressure. But traders noted the opposite in

The smaller Razer Grazer is marketed by Range Ward for smaller-scale landscapes.

Powering up adaptive grazing

Solar-powered fencing products seek to cut down on adaptive grazing labour needs

The orange metal box sitting on the grazing land near Shellmouth didn’t come cheap. But Arron Nerbas says it’s already more than paid for itself in terms of additional forage production and enhanced environmental services. The “box” in question is a Range Ward Power Grazer, one of three owned by Nerbas Bros. Angus — a


KAP members report on 2021 growing season

KAP members report on 2021 growing season

It was a challenging growing season with lots of variability

Here is some of what some KAP members said about this year’s production during their online advisory council meeting Oct. 20: District 1, Carter McKinney “I heard of guys who got moderate yields on some crops and some guys got basically zero so it’s kind of hard to tell. I think it had to do