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An Alternative Solution To The Cattle Crisis

By Iain Aitken April 1, 2010

I suggest we have been suckered into export dependency and are now trapped on a treadmill of keeping more cattle to make up for declining margins. Many people have been pondering the question of whether there is a future for beef production in Canada. We are continually told that there is light at the end

Beef cattle, Cereals, Livestock, News

U. S. Cattle Prices To Improve

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 4, 2010

Slaughter and feeder cattle values in the U. S. should see some improvement over the next two years, although strong feed grain prices and competition from other protein sources may limit the profitability, said analyst James Robb, of the Colorado-based Livestock Marketing Information Center, or LMIC, in a presentation at the Canadian Wheat Board’s annual

Beef cattle, Livestock

Profits, Better Cattle Prices Seen In 2010

By Bob Burgdorfer February 4, 2010

U. S. cattle producers will likely earn small profits in 2010 amid the smallest cattle herd in about 50 years, and that should mean higher cattle prices, Cattle-Fax analysts said Jan. 29. However, beef sales will remain weak as cash-strapped consumers continue to favour lower-priced foods like hamburgers and hotdogs over higher-priced T-bones and sirloins,

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

COOL Leads To Branded Products

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 21, 2010

The mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL) requirements that now overshadow Canadian beef in U. S. retail meat cases are being leveraged in some regional-level stores to build “unique” store brands. The Beef Information Centre, a marketing and communications arm of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, said in a release Jan. 15 it has been working with U.

Beef cattle, Livestock

U. S. Entrepreneur Says There Is A Better Way To Raise Beef

By Laura Rance-Unger December 10, 2009

If Todd Churchill is right, he’s come up with a grass-fed beef production model that could pull the rug out from under confinement grain-fed livestock-feeding systems. “In my opinion, confinement livestock is about to be thrown virtually off the bus,” Churchill told a Manitoba Cattle Enhancement Council strategic planning session Nov. 30. “In 10 years,

Beef cattle, Livestock, Opinion

The Fundamental Challenge For The Beef Industry

By Bryan Walton November 12, 2009

Excerpts from an opinion published in the Oct. 12 issue of Alberta Farmer Express. The Beef Industry Alliance (BIA) is made up of Alberta Cattle Feeders Association, Western Stock Growers Association, Canadian Legacy Partners, Border Beef and the Alberta Feeders Association. It says several other organizations across Western Canada are expected to join soon. In

Beef cattle, Livestock, Opinion

Should You Stay Or Should You Go?

By Kevin Hursh October 29, 2009

There’s a lot of soul searching on cow-calf operations across the country. Producers are wrestling with whether to stay in the business or cut their losses and get rid of the cows. With the fall calf run now in full swing, the immediate economic outlook has worsened. The rapid increase in the value of the

Crops, Forages, Livestock

Hay Sellers And Buyers In A Standoff Over Price

By Daniel Winters September 24, 2009

“I think right now guys are trying to decide whether they can afford to keep their cows.” – MARJORIE JARVIS At the Jarvis farm near Gladstone, there’s 1,000 alfalfa-grass hay bales that were put up this summer waiting to be sold. The asking price for the feed-tested hay is four cents a pound. For a

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Glen Nicoll — A Good Friend Passes

By Laura Rance-Unger July 2, 2009

Just before press time Monday, we learned that Glen Nicoll, a longtime market columnist for the cattle industry in Manitoba, lost his battle with brain cancer early June 29. This is the second tragic loss that we report in this issue – columnist Paul Beingessner died last week in an accident on his farm in

Crops, Forages, Livestock

Cartwright-Area Farmer Direct Markets Free-Range, Grass-Fed Hogs

By Daniel Winters May 28, 2009

“We didn’t want a barn, so we thought that we’ll try to do it similar to the way we do the calves.” – WAYNE MCDONALD What if you could train beef cows to have twins every spring and eat Canada thistle? The McDonalds’ system for raising Berkshire hogs on pasture comes pretty close to that

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: ‘Relentless’ fund selling knocks down CME cattle futures

U.S. grains: Soy futures slide as traders worry China may miss US buying target

Pulse Weekly: Steady prices, high production for chickpeas

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