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Manitoba Beef Producers general manager Carson Callum.
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Crown lands, disaster aftermath top MBP’s advocacy agenda

Manitoba Beef Producers launched its fall meeting season in late October

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Agricultural Crown lands continue to be a top priority for the Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP), says general manager Carson Callum. “This is an important file for MBP,” he said. “MBP continues to advocate in our submissions for things like the continuation of unit transfers, adjustment to the auction process, and better ways to value the
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Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Supply concerns drive CME live cattle to new contract high

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Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher and reached a new contract high on Wednesday amid concerns about tightening U.S. supplies, brokers said. Strong recent gains have left the market technically overbought and due for a setback, brokers said. “We’ve had a nice rally here,” said Matt Wiegand, commodity broker
Vaccinations are a huge part of biosecurity on farms and ranches.
Beef cattle, Livestock

We should celebrate change and raise those low vaccination rates

Beef 911: Thoughts on how things are getting better, the joy of hydraulic chutes, and vaccination hesitancy

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They say the only constant is change, and one only has to think back on how we used to do things to see the great changes that have happened in the cattle industry. Advancements in technology, vaccines, reproductive technologies, nutrition, handling, production genetics and animal welfare are abundant. I think most of these changes have been positive and, above
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U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures turn lower after setting contract highs

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Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ended mostly lower on profit-taking on Tuesday as the market pulled back from contract highs, analysts said. The market consolidated after recent gains, though analysts said cash cattle prices are expected to strengthen this week. Most actively traded December live cattle LCZ2 ended 0.825 cent lower at
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U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures jump to 7-year peak as U.S. herd shrinks

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Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rallied to a fresh seven-year high on Monday, lifted by expectations for tightening supplies following a monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) cattle supply report, traders said. Several actively traded nearby contracts posted life-of-contract highs after the USDA’s cattle-on-feed report, released after the market closed on
Cattle receive supplemented feed at the Myhre farm near Crane River, Man.
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Fighting for footing: The great cattle exodus

Is there a way back from Manitoba’s continued slide in the cattle sector?

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In 2017, then-provincial agriculture minister Ralph Eichler set an aspirational goal for Manitoba’s place in the cattle industry. It was his intention to see as many cows on the landscape as there were before BSE devastated the market 15 years before. The day he uttered that objective, to a crowded auditorium at Ag Days in
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Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hog futures mixed; cattle futures steady-weak

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Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures ended mixed on Friday as traders waited for fresh news to gauge demand levels. The most-active CME December lean hog futures contract LHZ2 dropped 0.625 cent to 77.15 cents per lb, with support noted around the contract’s 10-day moving average. Front-month October hogs LHV2 rose 0.575 cents to settle

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