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U.S. livestock: Fund-selling extends CME live cattle futures losses

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Chicago / Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Tuesday, led by lingering bearishness from last Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture cattle reports, traders said. USDA’s reports suggested a supply buildup in the coming months, which dropped futures by their 3-cent per pound daily price limit on Monday. August ended 0.700
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Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Live cattle plunge after USDA reports

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Chicago / Reuters – Some Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts settled down the 3.000-cent per pound daily price limit on Monday following Friday’s bearish U.S. Department of Agriculture cattle reports, said traders. Friday’s USDA monthly Cattle-On-Feed report showed the largest June cattle placements for the month in 11 years. The twice-yearly U.S. cattle inventory
A Western blot analysis, used to confirm BSE in bovine brain tissue. (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Beef cattle, Livestock

Alabama finds atypical BSE case

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Reuters — An 11-year-old cow in Alabama tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday. The cow tested positive for the atypical L-type of BSE after exhibiting clinical signs at an Alabama livestock market, USDA said in a press release. Atypical BSE can arise spontaneously in cattle herds,
This barn will remain, but most of the rest of the facilities will be demolished at the University of Guelph’s Elora Beef Research Station to make way for new beef research buildings. (John Greig photo)
Beef cattle, Livestock

Guelph gets new beef research facility

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The federal and provincial governments and the Beef Farmers of Ontario have all announced funding for buildings and programs at the University of Guelph’s renewed beef research station this week. The funds announced are to help create a completely new cow-calf and heifer research facility next to the current beef research station, and a new
A herd of Black Angus Cattle
Beef cattle, Livestock

New mentorship program looks to connect Angus breeders

New Angus breeders will be given the opportunity to pick more experienced brains on industry concerns, business development and day-to-day decisions through a mentorship program

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What kind of advice can an Angus breeder in the Maritimes give to a breeder in Manitoba? If their management practices are similar enough, they might be about to find out. Participating long-term breeders will be paired off with industry newcomers this summer after the Canadian Angus Association launched its national mentorship program June 10.
Attendees take a tour of Norman and Ruth Anderson and Son’s Farm near Souris, one of several area tours included in the Canadian Angus Association national convention in Brandon.
Beef cattle, Local news

National Angus breeders get a taste of Brandon

Panel discussions and tours of the local area and cattle industry were on the agenda as 
Brandon hosted the 2017 Canadian Angus Association national convention June 8-11


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[UPDATED, July 5, 2017] The Angus breeding community descended on Brandon in June for its first annual convention in the Keystone province since 2011. Outgoing president David Sibbald said he was excited to see so many attending the event, something that’s important because the industry needs to co-ordinate on a plethora of important issues including

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