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Klassen: Limited buying interest softens feeder market

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen April 26, 2016

Just when I thought feeder cattle prices were stabilizing, once again the unexpected occurs. A sharp rally in U.S. grain futures, along with weaker fed cattle prices, caused western Canadian feeder cattle to trade $6-$12 lower compared to week-ago levels. Auction markets reported limited buying interest, with often only two or three larger feedlots stepping

Crops

EU crop chem firm takes stake in Engage Agro

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News April 22, 2016

A Belgian crop protection firm may bring some of its products to Canada’s vegetable, vine and corn markets as it moves to take a minority stake in Canadian crop chemical distributor Engage Agro. Belchim Crop Protection announced last week it will take a “significant” but undisclosed minority stake in Guelph-based Engage Agro for an undisclosed

Livestock

Venezuela ordered to pay U.K. firm for ranch takeovers

By GFM Network News, Reuters April 21, 2016

Caracas | Reuters –– An international arbitration centre has ordered Venezuela to pay British cattle company Vestey Group nearly US$100 million for the nationalization of cattle ranches, pilling fresh pressure on the cash-strapped leftist government. Venezuela’s late president Hugo Chavez in 2005 sent in soldiers to seize major ranches and repopulate rural areas largely abandoned

North Dakota producer, Gabe Brown spoke on cover crops and soil health strategies at the Ducks Unlimited grazing club event in Lenore on April 6.

Livestock

Taking grazing-management tips from Mother Nature

Gabe Brown says his success in cover cropping has come through  observing and mimicking nature’s processes

By Jennifer Paige April 19, 2016

North Dakota farmer and cover crop and soil health expert Gabe Brown says if farmers give the techniques he advocates an honest try they’ll be hooked. “Take one field and promise yourself that for five years you will focus on the principles of soil health,” said Brown. If you stick with it for those five

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Fund selling drops CME live cattle limit down

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters April 18, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed sharply lower on Monday, with nearby contracts down by their three-cent-pr-pound daily price limit, shaken by sell stops and fund liquidation, traders said. April and June live cattle ended down by the three-cent limit at 128.475 and 119.175 cents/lb., respectively (all figures US$). Live

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder cattle market garners support

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen April 18, 2016

Western Canadian feeder cattle markets were relatively stable over the past week while prices in the major feeding regions were $2 to $5 higher. Alberta fed cattle prices were $2 higher, trading in the range of $170 to $172, which bolstered buying enthusiasm in the heavier weight categories. Feedlot operators in the Lethbridge area were

Cattle being herded at the Southern Plains Experimental Range outside Fort Supply, Oklahoma. (Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Beef cattle, Livestock

Oklahoma senators seek tougher cattle rustling penalties

By GFM Network News April 12, 2016

Oklahoma City | Reuters — Oklahoma lawmakers sent a measure to the governor on Tuesday to increase penalties for cattle rustling, in an attempt to curtail a crime associated with the Wild West that has seen a resurgence from ranch hands stealing livestock to feed their drug habits. The bill approved by the Oklahoma Senate

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder cattle markets remain sluggish

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen April 12, 2016

Compared to last week, Canadian feeder cattle prices were steady to $5 lower across the Prairies while lighter-weight categories suffered a week-over-week decline of $4 to $6. Feedlots were a bit more aggressive on yearlings as quality backgrounded cattle are starting to dwindle at this time of year. A larger group of larger-frame lower-flesh Simmental

Eileen Donan Castle, Loch Duich, Scotland. (Cia.gov)

Livestock

Scotland moves against wealthy gentry dominating land

By Chris Arsenault, GFM Network News April 8, 2016

Rio de Janeiro | Thomson Reuters Foundation — Centuries-old traditions that led to 430 people owning half of Scotland’s privately held land are soon to become history, as local communities seek to double their ownership in the nation known for its rugged landscape, sheep and fine whisky. While inequality of land ownership is more often

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rise on discounts to cash prices

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters April 7, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts gained modestly on Thursday, with help from short-covering stirred by future’s discounts to cash prices, traders said. April live cattle ended up 0.35 cent/lb. at 132.425 cents, and June closed 0.375 cent higher at 122.225 cents (all figures US$). So far this week, packers in

Daily Network News

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Pasture

Klassen: Limited buying interest softens feeder market

EU crop chem firm takes stake in Engage Agro

Venezuela ordered to pay U.K. firm for ranch takeovers

Taking grazing-management tips from Mother Nature

U.S. livestock: Fund selling drops CME live cattle limit down

Klassen: Feeder cattle market garners support

Oklahoma senators seek tougher cattle rustling penalties

Klassen: Feeder cattle markets remain sluggish

Scotland moves against wealthy gentry dominating land

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rise on discounts to cash prices

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