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“The thought behind [this study] is that perhaps not every individual in the herd will need to be fed a feed supplement to reduce methane emissions.” – Katie Wood, University of Guelph.
Livestock

On-pasture feed efficiency can reduce cattle emissions

University of Guelph uses unique technology to measure feed efficiency and enteric methane emissions

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Feeding canola oil to beef cows could be one way to reduce their enteric methane emissions and increase feed efficiency. That’s among the takeaways from work at the University of Guelph’s Elora Research Station. Researchers there have adopted unique technology to investigate the link between feed efficiency and enteric methane emissions. Why it matters: Feed-efficient
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Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Canadian feeder buyers ignore weaker futures market

U.S. feedlot placements up four per cent

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For the week ending Nov. 18, western Canadian feeder cattle prices traded $3-$5/cwt on either side of unchanged compared to seven days earlier. Buyers appeared to shrug off the weaker futures market and the defensive tone from a week earlier evaporated. Eastern Prairie markets were firm, with larger packages of quality cattle trading a solid
CME January 2024 feeder cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle top one-week high

Traders digest U.S. cattle placements data; December hogs lower

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. feeder cattle futures and deferred live cattle futures finished higher on Monday after the government reported placements in feedlots were lower than analysts expected last month. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in monthly data issued after the close of trading on Friday, said producers placed 3.8 per cent more cattle
File photo of cattle on pasture northeast of Calgary. (James_Gabbert/iStock/Getty Images)
Livestock

Report aims to show animal agriculture’s interconnections

CAPI hopes to broaden policymakers' perspective

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A new report for the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute seeks to educate policymakers about the impact of animal agriculture on economic, social and environmental levels. The report, titled Forces Impacting Animal Agriculture In Canada: A Synthesis, delves into the issues surrounding cattle, dairy and poultry production in the country and how it is interconnected within
Line of Angus cattle
Livestock, News

JBS improves record on cattle buying, audit finds

Less of the firm’s beef is coming from ranches with environmental or human rights issues

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Reuters – JBS, the world’s largest meatpacker, has reduced cattle purchases from ranches with “irregularities” such as illegal deforestation, federal prosecutors found in their latest round of audits in the Amazonian state of Para, released Nov. 9. Prosecutors said in a briefing that six per cent of JBS’s audited cattle purchases came from farms potentially
CME February 2024 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME cattle rise ahead of bullish data

December lean hogs lower

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and feeder cattle futures ended higher on Friday as livestock traders adjusted positions in the markets. After the close of trading, the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued monthly data that showed producers placed 3.8 per cent more cattle into feedlots in October than a year earlier,
“There’s not a day that goes by that we don’t hear about inflation or the rising cost of food.” – Susan Riese, Manitoba Pork Council.
Hogs, News

Pork sees growing goodwill in province

More Manitobans reported positive opinions about pork and pork production in annual sector survey

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The reputation of Manitoba’s pork industry was in a good place around this time last year. Results from a public survey conducted last December and shared at the Manitoba Pork Council’s eastern producer meeting Nov. 8 showed year-over-year growth in public goodwill compared to a similar survey conducted in 2021. Of Manitobans surveyed in December
Husbandry and veterinary bureau workers in protective suits disinfect a pig farm as a prevention measure for African swine fever in Jinhua, China, in August 2018.
Hogs, News

African swine fever plans continue to fall into place

Hog sector sees new compartmentalization rules as another way to plan ahead

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Glacier FarmMedia – Another piece has fallen into place in Canada’s two-track approach to African swine fever preparation. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s release of standards and the framework for “compartments” within hog production regions allows farmers and industry to get ahead of any future ASF outbreak. “It’s one of the tools we have to prepare for ASF,”

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