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The Keg to merge into Swiss Chalet, Harvey’s parent

Major Canadian steakhouse chain The Keg is set to merge into Cara Operations, the parent for dining chains such as Swiss Chalet, Harvey’s, St-Hubert and Milestones, in a $200 million cash-and-stock deal. The two companies said Tuesday a merger will afford them “synergistic opportunities in marketing, real estate and overall costs that will help further

Beef cattle, Livestock

Make sure your calves get off to a proper start

Bee 911: Calves need adequate amounts of high-quality colostrum after birth and substitutes are a good option

By Roy Lewis January 17, 2018

There have been many articles written over the years on the value of calves receiving adequate amounts of good-quality colostrum. Also over the years, colostrum substitutes have come into greater and greater usage. Several things have led to this change. Colostrum substitutes have become higher quality and are more convenient than using frozen colostrum. As

Beef cattle, Livestock

BeefTalk: Keeping more heifers turned out well

Hanging on to your heifers in tough times can help preserve a herd’s genetics and increase management flexibility

By Kris Ringwall January 17, 2018

How do you cut cow numbers in half and maintain the same number of cows calving? That seems like a strange question, but the question surfaced as the Dickinson Research Extension Center (DREC) prepped for the current drought on this year’s feed supply. The answer is to develop all the heifers as future brood cows.

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market lacks demand in new tax year

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen January 15, 2018

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle traded $8-$10 lower while U.S. prices were also down $5-$10 from week-ago levels. The feeder market appeared to short-circuit after I thought the market was charged to move higher in last week’s report. Feedlot operators and cattle feeders saturated their demand prior to the New Year and

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

TPP seen critical for beef sales growth in Japan

By GFM Network News, John Greig January 15, 2018

Canadian beef producers could be out millions of dollars in new exports if Canada is shut out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Why is it important? Beef exports, especially from Ontario, have been growing significantly to Japan and elsewhere in Asia. Allowing other competitors such as Mexico and New Zealand better access to that market,

“It’s been, actually, a good year. It’s been a year dominated by, I think, some good signals from the market. Prices were better than they’ve been in recent history, so those are positives for us,” – Brian Lemon , Manitoba Beef Producers.

Beef cattle, Local news

Bumper year for the beef industry, despite dry season

The beef industry is floating on high prices, high cattle volumes and cautious regulatory optimism going into 2018

By Alexis Stockford January 9, 2018

Manitoba beef producers have plenty of reason to look back on 2017 fondly. The beef sector enjoyed good prices and high market volumes through the fall run, while early concerns about feed quantity evaporated as the province mostly dodged the drought conditions seen in south-central Saskatchewan. “It’s been, actually, a good year,” Brian Lemon, Manitoba

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME cattle drop daily limit on lower cash market sales

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume January 5, 2018

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell sharply on Friday and hit daily trading limits on weaker cash market prices and easing concerns that frigid weather in feedlot areas could disrupt marketings. Fund selling, or “rolling,” of lead-month positions into deferred months ahead of similar moves early next week added pressure.

Beef cattle

Brazil expects to be declared free of foot-and-mouth with vaccination

By GFM Network News January 5, 2018

Brazil | Reuters – Brazil expects the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) to declare the country free from foot-and-mouth disease with vaccinations at a meeting in May, according to a government statement on Friday. The declaration will bolster the country’s prospects to export meat to new markets, the statement said. The OIE already considers

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME cattle dip on mild Plains outlook, East Coast snow

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume January 4, 2018

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures turned lower on Thursday in a technical selling and profit-taking setback and on concerns of a slowdown in beef demand in the storm-hit eastern United States, traders said. A winter storm continued its march up the U.S. East Coast on Thursday, with blizzard warnings from

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hogs turn up on cash, wholesale pork prices

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters January 3, 2018

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs finished higher on Wednesday after stronger cash and wholesale pork prices pared some of Tuesday’s losses, said traders. Funds periodically sold, or “rolled,” lead-month positions into deferred months ahead of similar moves early next week. Monday will be the first of five days that funds in

Daily Network News

Despite cheaper land costs, Canadian farmers at slight revenue disadvantage to U.S.

Feed grain weekly: Western Canadian barley bids seasonally firm

China’s Q1 pork output up 4.2 per cent from a year earlier, lags expectations

Beef cattle

The Keg to merge into Swiss Chalet, Harvey’s parent

Make sure your calves get off to a proper start

BeefTalk: Keeping more heifers turned out well

Klassen: Feeder market lacks demand in new tax year

TPP seen critical for beef sales growth in Japan

Bumper year for the beef industry, despite dry season

U.S. livestock: CME cattle drop daily limit on lower cash market sales

Brazil expects to be declared free of foot-and-mouth with vaccination

U.S. livestock: CME cattle dip on mild Plains outlook, East Coast snow

U.S. livestock: Hogs turn up on cash, wholesale pork prices

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