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The power of pasture is among the environmental benefits the province wants to see recognized under its protein strategy.

Manitoba protein strategy looks for sustainability

Profits aren’t the only kind of green the province hopes to court with its protein strategy

By Alexis Stockford May 3, 2019

Manitoba isn’t going to just produce more protein, it’s also going to do it more sustainably. That’s one of the top goals of the provincial government’s much-heralded protein strategy, unveiled for consultation earlier this winter. The question that raises, of course, is what that buzzword is going to mean in practice. Pasture potential Carbon sequestration

CME June 2019 lean hogs with Bollinger (20,2) bands, a gauge of market volatility. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs mixed, nearbys up on export hopes

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume May 2, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures ended mixed on Thursday, with nearby futures contracts building on strong gains in the previous session on expectations that China would soon sharply accelerate imports of U.S. pork. Deferred contracts were pressed down by active spread trading that featured buying of June futures and selling of October

CME June 2019 lean hogs with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs limit up on technical buying, export hopes

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume May 1, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures rallied sharply on Wednesday with several contracts closing up the daily trading limit on technical buying and speculation that Chinese demand for U.S. pork is poised to grow. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is due to release weekly export sales data early on Thursday and traders

CME June 2019 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle sink on fund liquidation, technical selling

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume April 30, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures fell on Tuesday, with the actively traded June contract down for a seventh straight session, as fund long liquidation and technical selling pressured the market. Before the latest selloff in cattle began, commodity funds had built a record large net long position, and open interest in the

A nursing cow needs to have enough nutritional value to share the wealth with her calf.

Beef cattle, Livestock

Make sure rations are adequate for lactating cows

The first 60 to 90 days post-calving are the most nutritionally demanding period in the production cycle, and the expectations for a cow at this time are many

By North Dakota State University April 30, 2019

Calving season is in full swing, and the first 60 to 90 days post-calving are the most nutritionally demanding period in the production cycle, according to two North Dakota State University animal scientists. “The expectations for a cow at this time are many,” says Janna Block, livestock systems specialist at the Hettinger Research Extension Center.

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Cash feeder market shrugs off lower futures

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen April 29, 2019

This past week, Alberta packers were buying fed cattle in the range of $270-$274 on a dressed basis, up $2-$4 from seven days earlier. Strength in the fed cattle market spilt over into the feeder complex as feeding margins moved into positive territory for the first time this year. Compared to last week, western Canadian

Markets

Report shows slower pace for rising farmland values

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff April 29, 2019

While lower-valued farmland more often showed a higher rate of increase, and price hikes varied from region to region, Canada’s farmland values on average have booked their slowest year-over-year rate of increase in almost a decade. That’s according to the annual Farmland Values Report from Farm Credit Canada (FCC), in which the federal ag lending

CME July 2019 lean hogs with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs drop on demand concerns, plentiful supplies

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume April 29, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell for a third straight session on Monday on large supplies of hogs and worries about cooling domestic and export demand for pork, traders said. Cash pork prices were firm, but a stretch of cold and wet weather around parts of the United States, including an unusual

CME June 2019 hogs with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs post third weekly slide

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen April 26, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures declined on Friday, pressured by soft cash markets and long liquidation, traders said. The benchmark June lean hogs contract on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange recorded its third straight weekly decline after soaring to an April 5 contract high at 99.825 cents/lb. (all figures US$). The contract closed

Good prices have created optimism in the province’s cattle industry that at least one auction mart expects to carry into the fall.

Livestock Markets, Markets

Spring slowdown around the corner for auctions

The province’s markets have chewed through the annual calf run

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 26, 2019

Most cattle auctions in Manitoba will soon see fewer head coming in and one auction has moved to sales once every two weeks. “We’re getting things tidied up. A lot of the big strings of calves are gone now,” said Allan Munroe of the Killarney Auction Mart, which sold 275 cattle on April 15. At

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Cow-calf

Manitoba protein strategy looks for sustainability

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs mixed, nearbys up on export hopes

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs limit up on technical buying, export hopes

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle sink on fund liquidation, technical selling

Make sure rations are adequate for lactating cows

Klassen: Cash feeder market shrugs off lower futures

Report shows slower pace for rising farmland values

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs drop on demand concerns, plentiful supplies

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs post third weekly slide

Spring slowdown around the corner for auctions

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