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Cattle Inventories In Canada Decline

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Canada’s estimated total cattle and calf inventory as of July 1, continued to decline, dropping 2.3 per cent from the level seen at the same time a year ago, according to figures released by Statistics Canada Aug. 20. The beef herd in Canada was down 2.4 per cent from the year-ago level while dairy herd
Dairy cattle, Livestock

USDA Raises Dairy Support Prices

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The government announced a three-month increase in U. S. dairy support prices on July 31 that would put an additional $243 million into farmers’ pockets and offset the lowest milk prices in 30 years. Burdened by economic recession and an abrupt slump in exports, dairy prices collapsed last fall. They are two-thirds of last year’s
Dairy cattle, Livestock

U. S. Lawmakers Seek Dairy Subsidy Boost

The leaders of a Dairy Farmers Caucus in the U. S. House said July 29 they sought a $211-million increase in U. S. dairy subsidies to offset the lowest market prices in three decades. The money would flow through an increase in the payment formula for the Milk Income Loss Contract subsidy, which is based
Dairy cattle, Livestock, Opinion

Dairy’s Sour Times

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Maybe this is what Willie and Waylon were thinking when they warned American “mommas” to not let their “babies to grow up to be cowboys.” Anyone with a dairy cow this year will lose, on average, $70 per month feeding and milking it; more if the cow is also packin’ debt. That means, in the
Dairy cattle, Livestock

U. S. Launches Second Dairy Buyout

The U. S. dairy group Co-operatives Working Together is conducting its second herd retirement of 2009, and U. S. producers have until July 24 to participate. “With the ongoing financial pressure on dairy farmers, and because the vast majority of farmers are familiar with CWT’s herd retirement program and how it works, we shortened the
Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

Automated System Puts Cows In Charge

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The quietest dairy farm you’ve ever visited. David Wiens has the kind of dairy farm where the cows practically run the place. Of course, computers help a lot, too. David and his brother Charles own Skyline Dairy, one of the most cow-friendly milking operations you’ll see in Manitoba. The cows decide when they want to
Dairy cattle, Hogs, Livestock

Long-Term Battle Is To Win Consumer Trust

“Our research shows very few conventional producer groups or well-known food brands have a presence in the content that most frequently shows up when consumers search on these food production topics.” bernie peet Peet on Pigs Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Wes tern Hog Journal.
Dairy cattle, Livestock

SARA In The Stomach Makes Dairy Cows Moody

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SARA can be an economically important problem for milk producers. A little-known disease lurking silently in the rumens of dairy cows may be robbing milk producers of hundreds of dollars in lost production without anyone realizing it. It’s basically acid indigestion but with a fancy scientific name: subacute ruminal acidosis (SARA). SARA is a metabolic

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