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Pennsylvania Calf Pool Boosts Prices

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Eight thousand calves were sold for premium prices last year through a program that is helping to increase profits for Pennsylvania beef producers. Begun in 1995, the Pennsylvania Feeder Calf Pool traditionally has added 10 to 25 cents a pound to the sale price, according to Dustin Heeter, livestock-production educator for Penn State Cooperative Extension
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Texas Feeder Says U. S. Cattle Herd May Shrink Further

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The U. S. cattle herd may shr ink further from its current 50-year low before it starts to recover from the effects of recession, poor credit markets and in some places searing drought, a top cattleman said March 19. “It could shrink further, I think it can absolutely shrink,” said Jon Means, president of the
Beef cattle, Livestock

Glen Nicoll – for Mar. 5, 2009

Glen Nicoll is unable to cover livestock markets from his regular perch in the auction mart bleachers these days, but last week was able to take in the Ashern Auction Mart sale over the Internet. U. S. beef cow inventory as of the beginning of 2009 is down a million from the year earlier at
Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Cattle Going To Alberta Need Age Verification

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Manitoba cattle producers are being told to swallow their resentment and follow new livestock guidelines set in Alberta if they want to sell calves there. That includes age verifying animals as required by a new Alberta meat and livestock strategy. The $356 million program announced last year requires a mandatory traceability system for livestock in
Livestock

ALANA VANNAHME RNI

Prices reported for feeder cattle sold in Manitoba during the week ended Feb. 20 were mixed, while the slaughter market found itself under pressure. Improved weather resulted in more cattle being offered than during the previous week, when poor weather had forced highway closures and significantly cut back sales. Slaughter cattle through the ring were
Dairy cattle, Livestock

Canadian, U. S. Livestock Inventories Drop

A merged report by Statistics Canada and the U. S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) finds both countries’ cattle and hog herds in shrink mode. The merged report, produced regularly for the U. S. cattle and hog industries, is meant to provide producers additional information about potential supplies. CATTLE Using cattle U.
Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

Beef 911

roy lewis dvm With all the stressful events leading up to and including calving, the incidence of several problems does increase and we would be remiss if we did not review them. By being ever-vigilant of these conditions we can initiate treatment before the problem worsens. The whole goal is to keep cows healthier so
Livestock

Glen Nicoll’s Manitoba Roundup – for Feb. 19, 2009

In response to producers who tracked me down, we’ l l be endeavouring to get you the price breakdowns you desire and get back at the Manitoba Roundup. The professional opinion is that I’m not up to 14-hour days bouncing down the road. So instead of plugging in the truck I’ll be plugging into live
Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

Midwest Winters Challenge Dairy Calf Survival

If dairy producers need a sweatshirt when working around their calves, they need to start thinking about increasing calf rations. Making sure calves consume enough feed to meet their maintenance needs and grow is especially important in the winter, North Dakota State University Extension Service dairy specialist J. W. Schroeder says. Sufficient nutrition is one

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