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“(Fat cattle are) not where the producers want to see them.” Robin Hill, Heartland Livestock Services, Virden.
Livestock Markets, Markets

Cattle prices remain ‘fully steady’ with some exceptions

Total auction sale volumes increased on the week

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Cattle prices saw only small changes for the most part at several Manitoba auctions for the week ending March 1. “I felt the market was fully steady,” said Robin Hill of Heartland Livestock Services’ auction facility at Virden, speaking of cattle under 700 lbs. For example, feeder heifers in the 400- to 500-lb. range were
A site like the huge tract of native mixed-grass prairie of the Ellice-Archie Spy Hill community pastures is a rare sight nowadays, says a spokesman for the Manitoba Important Bird Areas Program.
Local news, News

Western Manitoba community pastures named as key habitat for grassland bird species

The Ellice-Archie Spy Hill community pastures are now officially an Important Bird Area (IBA)

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The Ellice-Archie and Spy Hill community pastures have been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA), highlighting the western Manitoba site as key habitat for endangered birds and the role grazing cattle play to maintain it. The designation comes from Nature Manitoba, Bird Studies Canada and Nature Saskatchewan, groups that say they hope this focuses more
U.S. livestock: Hogs dip from two-week high, await trade news
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hogs dip from two-week high, await trade news

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures retreated on Wednesday after four straight sessions of gains in a technical and profit-taking setback from two-week highs as investors awaited new developments in U.S.-China trade negotiations. Cattle futures also fell broadly, although worries about a late-winter snowstorm forecast for the beef cattle-producing U.S. Plains underpinned the
Manitoba Beef Producers wants to make in-field baled hay eligible for MASC’s Wildlife Damage Compensation Program.
Beef cattle, Livestock

Beef producers seek insurance coverage update

Farmers say insurance should keep pace with the increased wildlife risk of extended grazing

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Manitoba’s beef producers are calling for better insurance for extended grazing. Wildlife feed loss sparked a string of resolutions during the Manitoba Beef Producers annual general meeting, held in Brandon February 7. Producers from multiple districts argued that insurance should cover feed that is left in the field if it is part of an extended
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market sends mixed signals

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Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling markets were steady to $4 lower while calves were steady to $2 higher. Barley prices have jumped $3-$6 per tonne over the past week, with winter conditions hindering off-farm logistics. Alberta packers were buying fed cattle in the range of $149-$150 last week; however, in Nebraska, fed cattle
(Dave Bedard photo)
Livestock

FCC offers up new Starter Loans

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“Preferential” loan rates are available to young farmers or agribusinesspeople planning start-ups through a new Farm Credit Canada lending program. Lawrence MacAulay, addressing the Canadian Federation of Agriculture’s annual meeting Wednesday in Ottawa when he was still federal minister of agriculture, unveiled the federal ag lending agency’s new Starter Loan Program. The program, according to

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