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Beef cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets

Cattle prices see support from action on the grill

June 8, 2012

Terryn Shiells, Commodity News Service Canada / The number of cattle heading to auction yards in Manitoba was steady, while stronger prices were seen in both the slaughter and feeder cattle markets during the week ended June 1. Steady to stronger prices were seen in the slaughter cattle market; the summer barbecue season entered full

Beef cattle, Cereals, Livestock, News

Canada pushing Japan to take older Canuck beef

By Allan Dawson June 8, 2012

Efforts to get Japan to reopen its borders to Canadian beef less than 30 months of age “are proceeding well,” says Pierre Lemieux. “They are assuring us that progress is being made, that work is underway and there is certainly a good spirit of willingness and co-operation,” said Lemieux, parliamentary secretary to the minister of

Beef cattle, Opinion

Telling your story

By Laura Rance-Unger June 5, 2012

Cultures in which it is customary to eat pretty much everything but the moo from meat animals must be scratching their heads over North America’s squeamishness over so-called “pink slime” beef. Lean finely textured beef, as the industry calls it, has never been sold in Canada. Health Canada considers the ammonia treatment the product undergoes

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

4-H reports

June 5, 2012

The Co-operator will publish 4-H reports once a month. Reports can be submitted by the third week of the month by email to [email protected] or by regular mail to 4-H Reports, c/o Manitoba Co-operator, 1666 Dublin Ave., Winnipeg, Man. R3H 0H1. 4-H Fun Fest The summer of 2012 will mark the debut of a new

Beef cattle, Opinion

Beleaguered beef purveyors carve out “pink slime” stain

By Michael Hirtzer, P.J. Huffstutter May 31, 2012

Behind the glass meat counter at Casey’s Market in a Chicago suburb, the butchers pick up their blades and carry on a generations-old tradition. Piece by piece, the men use knives to cut meat and fat off beef carcasses, and grind them into mounds of hamburger. “We’re seeing customers in here that we haven’t seen

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

“Pink slime” plants to close

By Reuters May 30, 2012

The top U.S. producer of ammonia-treated beef that critics called “pink slime” said May 7 it will close three of its four plants after sales dropped and did not recover following recent attacks on the product. Beef Products Inc. (BPI) will close plants on May 25 in Amarillo, Texas; Garden City, Kansas; and Waterloo, Iowa,

Beef cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets

U.S. cash market helps firm up Man. cattle prices

By Dwayne Klassen May 30, 2012

Marketings of cattle at Manitoba auction yards during the week ended May 18 were noticeably lighter as producers turned animals onto fields for grazing and as their focus turned to the task of spring planting. “The numbers are coming down. Producers are starting to get out in the fields and are starting to seed,” said

Beef cattle, News, Oilseeds

StatsCan report shows more canola, less wheat

By Daniel Winters May 17, 2012

Latest five-year agriculture census snapshot shows gross  farm revenue up with expenses falling slightly

The numbers are out and they show canola is beating wheat, the cost of farming and farm incomes have improved marginally, and the provincial cattle herd is down by nearly a quarter. Canola area surpassed spring wheat area for the top spot among field crops, up 44.3 per cent to 3.3 million acres since the

Beef cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets

By Phil Franz-Warkentin May 17, 2012

Prices for cattle moving through Manitoba’s auction yards held relatively steady during the week ended May 11, although plainer animals were discounted in some cases. Volumes were on the light side, which accounted for the firmness as buyers were fighting over a smaller pool of animals. Heartland Livestock Services in Virden saw the most activity

Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets

Second- and third-cut cattle heading into system

By Phil Franz-Warkentin May 14, 2012

Cattle traffic through Manitoba auction yards was slowing down during the week ended May 4, as spring field work starts to take precedence over marketing and a number of auction yards moved to reduced schedules. From a pricing standpoint, activity was steady overall. However, on a case-by-case basis, the markets were more mixed, with some

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Beef cattle

Cattle prices see support from action on the grill

Canada pushing Japan to take older Canuck beef

4-H reports

Beleaguered beef purveyors carve out “pink slime” stain

“Pink slime” plants to close

U.S. cash market helps firm up Man. cattle prices

StatsCan report shows more canola, less wheat

Second- and third-cut cattle heading into system

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