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Klassen: Feeder cattle drop on cautious feedlot demand

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen February 20, 2017

Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $3 to as much as $8 below week-ago levels as feedlot managers anticipate growing beef supplies during the late spring and summer. Heavier weight categories absorbed the brunt of the selling pressure, with backgrounding operators liquidating fall-placed calves. Certain groups of higher-quality heifers held value with the purpose of

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Tenacious feeder market softens on supply forecasts

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen February 14, 2017

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices traded steady to as much as $5 lower over the past week. Early in the week, buyers incorporated a risk discount due to the extremely cold temperatures, especially in the Eastern prairie regions. By Thursday, markets were factoring in the larger beef supply forecasts from the U.S. Department of Agriculture,

Giving young producers a route into the business will help meet the goal of expanding the provincial beef herd.

Beef cattle, Livestock

Beef producers cautious about herd expansion proposal

Lack of profitability and uncertainty over where to market animals are two key challenges

By Ron Friesen February 13, 2017

Manitoba cattle producers aren’t against a government plan to substantially increase the province’s beef herd but have a lot of questions about how to get there. Growing those numbers will require more producers, larger herds and more acres, according to Manitoba Beef Producers. Exactly where those will come from isn’t clear, especially considering the cost

Livestock

Livestock industry must prepare for just about anything

Threats can appear from any direction and most aren’t even on the radar

By Alex Binkley January 16, 2017

While the livestock industry and governments have improved their ability to respond to disease outbreaks, they need to broaden their preparations. They must include new diseases and challenges, says a report from the National Farmed Animal Health and Welfare Council. Rob McNabb, general manager of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, says the report is aimed at

Beef cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets

Beef cattle market continues to see volatility

Coming off two years of solid prices, cattle producers are adjusting to the realities to today’s market

By Jennifer Paige January 11, 2017

There’s just one way to describe the beef market over the past five years — volatile. Benjamin Hamm, farm management specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, says that’s the only thing that comes to mind when he looks at the market. “In 2015 we had some crazy highs, up to $3.75 and even a few spikes to

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Winter conditions weigh on feeder market

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen December 13, 2016

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices traded steady to $3 lower compared to seven days earlier. The market tends to soften during the first major snowstorm each year, but the established risk discount was not as severe as in past years. Notwithstanding the cold temperatures and adverse weather conditions, feedlot operators continued to step forward fairly

Beef cattle, Livestock Markets, Opinion

BeefTalk: Lower prices need lower costs

The first step to lowering costs is knowing the costs

By Kris Ringwall October 31, 2016

The daily CattleFax report just popped into my email and was not the positive news one would like. The Oct. 10 values were $98.87 for live cattle and $124.65 for feeder cattle (all figures U.S. funds). I had a simple thought: “What, two-digit live-cattle prices!” My second thought: “We have got to get costs down!”

Beef cattle, Local news

Manitoba Beef Producers’ district meetings begin

Director elections and input on herd expansion needs top the agenda

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 28, 2016

The Manitoba Beef Producers has begun its annual fall district meeting series. The first of 14 district meetings kicked off Oct. 24 in Ashern and signals the start of an important time for directors and staff as they meet with members to discuss the organization’s activities on their behalf, says MBP president Heinz Reimer. “We

Holy cow, if today’s devastatingly low-and-going-lower cattle prices continue for two and, possibly, three more years, will any independent cowboys even be around in 2020?

Comment, Livestock

Livestock’s bleak industrial future

There’s not even a hint of light at the end of the tunnel

By Alan Guebert October 24, 2016

The more the American meat and milk sectors industrialize — via integrated contract production, fewer bigger players, machine-centred scale — the more these key parts of American agriculture resemble industry itself: commoditized products, razor-thin margins, and extended periods of steep losses. This shift from what we once quaintly called animal husbandry has also shifted economic

The cattle industry could benefit from genetic modification but the technology faces hurdles.

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

GM cattle could have many benefits

Genetic modification for cattle is under investigation at the federal level

By Alex Binkley October 18, 2016

Genetically modified cattle can offer both producers and consumers benefits. They won’t be seen in grocery stores for the foreseeable future, but it’s worth laying the groundwork for them, Andrea Brocklebank, executive director of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, told the Commons agriculture committee recently. “Beef from GM cattle is not likely to be on the

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CBOT Weekly: Additional soybean purchases strengthen U.S. soy

Trump, Xi discuss Taiwan and soybeans in call aimed at easing China, U.S. relations

ICE weekly: China, soy complex lift canola prices

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