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The goal should always be to produce the healthiest cattle

Beef 911: We need to get rid of the notion that high-risk cattle are the most profitable

By Roy Lewis August 19, 2020

I’ve heard it said on the feeder side that high-risk cattle are the most profitable. The argument is that when you run the numbers and take into account morbidity, mortality and all other costs, these cattle have the potential to make the most profit at the end of the day. Of course the big factor

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JBS to resume U.S. share listing plan after COVID-19 fallout

Management looking also for US$100 million in cost cuts

By Ana Mano, GFM Network News August 15, 2020

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s JBS SA is reviving plans to list shares on Wall Street after dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic’s fallout, CEO Gilberto Tomazoni said on Friday, as the world’s largest meatpacker reported strong quarterly results. Speaking on a conference call with analysts following the company’s second-quarter results, Tomazoni said the focus

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McDonald’s resuming all-Canadian beef supply

'Supply adjustment' ends next month, company says

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News August 14, 2020

Updated, Aug. 18 — McDonald’s Canada’s pandemic-related “supply adjustment,” in which the burger chain cut its Canadian beef purchases to below 100 per cent, is set to end next month. The Canadian arm of the U.S. fast food giant announced Thursday it will resume its pre-pandemic policy of sourcing 100 per cent Canadian beef, starting

This file photo shows a rack of blood samples being tested for bovine tuberculosis in New Zealand dairy cattle. (Lakeview_Images/iStock/Getty Images)

Beef cattle, Livestock

Bovine TB probe wraps with no exact point of entry found

'More stringent' tests now being run on U.S. rodeo cattle imports

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News August 13, 2020

Federal inspectors have formally closed the book on a 2018 outbreak of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in a British Columbia cattle herd, but with “no definitive source of infection” found. The probe dates back to October that year, when a beef cow of an unknown age, from a cow-calf operation in B.C.’s southern Interior, was culled,

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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures close higher on strong export data

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen July 30, 2020

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. live cattle futures closed higher on Thursday for a third straight day, buoyed by strong weekly beef export sales and signs of firming cash cattle prices, traders said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) August live cattle futures settled up 0.275 cent at 101.725 cents per pound while most-active October rose 0.700

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U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures close higher; lean hogs decline

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen July 29, 2020

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. live cattle futures closed higher on Wednesday for a second session on firm cash cattle prices and a softer dollar, traders said. Cash cattle traded in the Texas Panhandle and Kansas at $97 per cwt, mostly $1 higher than last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a daily note. A

Pinkeye, or keratoconjunctivitis, is an infectious disease in  cattle that costs producers money in several ways.

Beef cattle, Livestock

Pinkeye in cattle can be costly

Producers should take a holistic approach that begins with preventing its spread

By North Dakota State University July 29, 2020

Pinkeye, or keratoconjunctivitis, is an infectious disease of cattle that costs producers money in several ways. “These include increased labour, cost of antibiotics, decreased weaning weights and decreased price paid at market for animals with scarred eyes,” says Gerald Stokka, North Dakota State University Extension veterinarian and livestock stewardship specialist. One study shows that calves affected with pinkeye

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U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures firm on expectations of firm cash

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen July 28, 2020

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. live cattle futures rose on Tuesday, supported by expectations of higher prices this week in the cash market for slaughter-ready cattle, traders said. “Cash could be steady to $1 to $2 (per cwt) better this week. Some of the show lists are smaller than last week, and that has (led

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U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures retreat on supply concerns

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume July 27, 2020

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. live cattle futures opened firm on Monday but retreated from session highs on technical selling and lingering concerns about cattle supply backups in the wake of recent packing plant closures due to coronavirus infections among workers. Prices climbed at Monday’s open in reaction to Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) cattle on

Manitoba producers could soon benefit from a sustainable beef market in Eastern Canada.

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Eastern Cargill plant tapping into sustainable beef

Cargill’s Guelph plant had just completed its standard certification when COVID-19 hit

By Alexis Stockford July 27, 2020

Cargill says it’s on its way to opening up Eastern Canada for its certified sustainable beef supply chain. The company says its Guelph processing plant had just been certified according to sustainability standards, as set down by the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, when the COVID-19 pandemic gained steam. “It was end of February, end

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U.S. grains: Soybeans continue gains on Trump’s China comments

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end week higher on tight supply

Pea, lentil outlooks have some positive signals – Penner

Beef cattle

The goal should always be to produce the healthiest cattle

JBS to resume U.S. share listing plan after COVID-19 fallout

McDonald’s resuming all-Canadian beef supply

Bovine TB probe wraps with no exact point of entry found

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures close higher on strong export data

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures close higher; lean hogs decline

Pinkeye in cattle can be costly

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures firm on expectations of firm cash

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures retreat on supply concerns

Eastern Cargill plant tapping into sustainable beef

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