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LIVESTOCK-U.S. live cattle futures fall despite record beef prices

By Reuters May 9, 2013

* Lower cash cattle prices pressure futures * Feeders follow live cattle market lower * Hogs up with cash prices in tight supply By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, May 8 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Wednesday fell for a fourth straight session as lower cash cattle prices weighed on the market despite

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Nerves on edge as spring thaw remains elusive

By Daniel Winters April 26, 2013

It’s too early to start grumbling about another “year without summer” like 2004, but the forecast for the next month is for more colder-than-normal weather. That’s the far-from-reassuring word from Peter Cherneski, manager of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s climate monitoring and forecasting service. “It is unique,” said Cherneski. “The low temperatures that we’ve seen through

Beef cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets

Interest in grass cattle tempered by lack of grass

By Terryn Shiells April 26, 2013

Tight feed supplies continued to pressure feeder cattle prices at auction yards across Manitoba during the week ended April 19. Prices on good-quality cattle fared better than those on poorer-quality cattle, said Buddy Bergner of Ashern Auction Mart. “The good cattle were fully steady, but plainer-type cattle were down 10 to 15 cents (per pound).”

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France tops EU for levels of horsemeat found in beef products

By Charlie Dunmore April 26, 2013

France found more cases of illegal horsemeat in beef products than any other European Union country, results of official DNA tests ordered in the wake of the scandal showed, with more than one in every eight samples testing positive. Announcing the results April 16, the European Commission said that for the EU as a whole,

Beef cattle, Crops, Hogs, Oilseeds

Canada wins China canola access, sees Russia meat barriers

By Rod Nickel April 26, 2013

Canada has not ruled out WTO action against Russia for banning meat  from Canadian plants over ractopamine

China has softened its three-year-old import restrictions on Canadian canola, while Russia is set to erect barriers to some of Canada’s biggest meat-packing plants, Canadian Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said April 16. China approved one additional oilseed-crushing plant, the 600,000-tonne CNOOC-Biolux plant in Nantong, Jiangsu province, to accept shipments of Canadian canola seed, a crop

Beef cattle, Crops, Dairy cattle, Forages

Brandon rally draws 40 protesters opposed to introduction of Roundup Ready alfalfa

By Daniel Winters April 18, 2013

Opponents of genetically modified crops rallied in front of the constituency office of a local MP to protest approval of glyphosate-tolerant alfalfa, which they say could be seeded on fields in Eastern Canada as early as this spring. The demonstration, which drew about 40 protesters, was organized by the local chapter of the National Farmers

Beef cattle, Cereals, Forages, Livestock, Weather

Assessing your situation: Shortage of feed and flood concerns

By Tod Wallace April 18, 2013

With the long winter we have been experiencing, many pastures around the province are not going to be ready for grazing any time soon. Add to that the threat of spring flooding, and many beef producers are left wondering what may happen even when those pastures start to green up. Both Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP)

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, News

Two Manitoba plants not shipping to Russia

By Alex Binkley April 18, 2013

Russian authorities are cutting off purchases from slaughter plants that handle animals treated with ractopamine

Russia has blocked beef and pork shipments from dozens of Canadian meat plants, including two in Manitoba, in an ongoing dispute over the use of the feed additive ractopamine. According to a list from VPSS, Russia’s veterinary inspection service, only 15 Canadian pork and four beef processors can still ship to Russia because they don’t

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Ritz fights COOL in Washington

By Alex Binkley April 11, 2013

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and representatives of the pork and beef sector were in Washington April 8 trying once more to convince the Obama administration to comply with a trade ruling against a protectionist U.S. labelling rule. The World Trade Organization gave the U.S. until May 23 to end its discrimination against Canadian and Mexican

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, News

Livestock origin a sticking point in Canada-EU trade talks

By Rod Nickel April 9, 2013

Reuters / Rules on recognizing the origin of cattle and pigs slaughtered in Canada are one of the sticking points in free trade talks with the European Union, Canada’s chief agriculture negotiator said April 3. Canada hopes to win greater access for its beef and pork in Europe, while the EU wants a foothold in

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