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Packers Not Villains In Beef Profits: Study

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“There is no case to be made that packers are taking an unwarranted share of the revenue.” – CHARLIE GRACEY Although cattle producers receive only a small share of the beef dollar, packing plants are not the reason for their lack of profitability, according to a recent study. In fact, retailers get vastly more value
Beef cattle, Livestock, Opinion

U. S. Cowboy Checkoff Fight Grows

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“There’s a real sense that the proposed NCBA changes leave no strong role for state beef councils and non-NCBA members. Who speaks for them if these changes are adopted?” – NANCY ROBINSON Of all the political hot rocks farm groups are juggling now in Washington, D. C. – cap and trade, cuts in crop insurance,
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Manitoba Producer Elected CCA Vice-President

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It’s been nearly seven years since BSE nearly wrecked the Canadian cattle industry and producers have never fully recovered. But Martin Unrau believes things are finally improving. “I’m very confident we’ve turned the corner,” said Unrau, a cow-calf producer from MacGregor, Man. Of course, producers, who have been down so long it looks like up,
Beef cattle, Livestock

Ottawa Offers $6 Million For Beef Research

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“The politics of market access often demand ministerial intervention to get over the hurdles presented.” The federal government is making $6 million available to boost research on beef cattle nutrition and productivity, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz told the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association March 22. The research will encourage “Canadian breakthroughs that make the farm gate more
Beef cattle, Livestock, Opinion

An Alternative Solution To The Cattle Crisis

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I suggest we have been suckered into export dependency and are now trapped on a treadmill of keeping more cattle to make up for declining margins. Many people have been pondering the question of whether there is a future for beef production in Canada. We are continually told that there is light at the end
Beef cattle, Livestock

U. S. Cattle Herd Smallest In Seven Years

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The U. S. feedlot cattle supply is the smallest in seven years, the U. S. Agriculture Department reported March 19, confirming trade forecasts. Contraction of the U. S. cattle herd has helped lift cattle prices to their highest level since late 2008. The cattle supply has decreased because producers have lost money for nearly two
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Cattle Set 16-Month High On Strong Technicals

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Cattle futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange set a new 16-month high March 9 in the active April contract on a mix of technical and fundamental factors. Cash beef prices are the highest in nearly 10 months due to less production and improving demand. Investors also are buying cattle futures amid concerns rain and melting
Beef cattle, Livestock

Canada Says BSE Cow Kept Out Of Food Supply

The Alberta beef cow that is Canada’s most recent case of mad cow disease was found dead on a farm and was destroyed without entering food or animal feed supplies, a spokesman with the Canadian government said March 11. Canada Beef Export Federation president Ted Haney, who first confirmed the case in an interview with
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Restricted-Feed Intake In Heifers Makes Better Cows

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“When you develop a heifer on a restricted-gain program, you change the metabolic efficiency of that heifer and the way it utilizes feed and stores energy reserves.” – JOHN POPP Just as too many cooks can spoil the broth, it seems too much feed makes for less efficient heifers. Using a similar strategy to that

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