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Beef cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets, News

Hitting the sweet spot

By Laura Rance-Unger February 6, 2013

If Calvin Vaags has his way, Manitoba will have a federally inspected ruminant slaughter plant capable of handling 1,000 head per week up and running within a year. After three years of preparation, work has started on a $13-million expansion at Plains Processors, a small processing plant with a capacity of 80 head per week

Beef cattle, Livestock

Japan opens door wider for Canadian beef

By Alex Binkley February 5, 2013

Japan, the No. 4 customer for Canadian beef, has agreed to accept meat from animals 30 months or younger as of Feb. 1. Shipments had been restricted to meat from cattle 21 months and younger, a safeguard against BSE. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Martin Unrau, president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, told a news

Beef cattle, Cereals, Livestock, News

Still-potent U.S. drought robs cattle ranchers of wheat pasture

By Theopolis Waters January 29, 2013

Oklahoma rancher Kent Donica has given up. The drought that has ravaged pastures on his ranch and throughout the region has won. Since last September, Donica has sold nearly all of his 800 cattle because there is no pasture to feed them and he now works as a ranch hand nearby to make ends meet

Beef cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets

Market may shift under continued high feed bills

By Terryn Shiells January 17, 2013

Some cattle producers in select areas of Manitoba are heading into the new year facing feed and forage shortages due to weather problems in the province that occurred last season, as well as over the past couple of years. Hot, dry weather caused damage to some crops in Manitoba during the summer, which was problematic

Beef cattle, Forages, Livestock, News

Robins eager to embark on Nuffield-funded world tour

By Daniel Winters January 4, 2013

With a $15,000 Nuffield scholarship in hand, Clayton Robins is getting ready to pack his bags for a trip of a lifetime. The fourth-generation rancher from Rivers and former Agriculture Canada research technician will take a temporary hiatus from his current job as executive director of 4-H Manitoba this summer to learn more about how

Beef cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets

Record-high U.S. beef and cattle prices seen in 2013

January 4, 2013

Argentina and Brazil beef production will rise this year Reuters — Smaller U.S. beef and cattle supplies in 2013 should push prices for both commodities to record highs then, with slaughter-ready cattle likely to trade at $140 to $145 per cwt next spring, Rabobank said in its December quarterly beef report. A drought and record-high

Beef cattle, Livestock, Opinion

After beef’s biggest recall: What’s next?

By Fred Hays November 29, 2012

The reopening of the XL beef plant at Brooks is not the end of troubles for the Canadian beef industry

The past two months have seen considerable turmoil in Alberta’s beef sector because of the XL beef recall. Although there has been some relief with the JBS takeover there could still be a long way to go. Canada’s beef sector has been influenced by a number of factors: Grass. Western Canada’s cow-calf sector grew because

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, News

Higher feed costs could trigger wide-reaching shift in consumers’ meat purchases

By Nigel Hunt November 21, 2012

A surge in feed grain prices has stripped many livestock farmers of profit and set off a chain of events that threatens to drive up world meat prices in 2013. The global economic downturn has made it difficult for farmers to pass on rising costs to cash-strapped consumers, and they have sought to scale back

Beef cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets

Manitoba marts see fall cattle walk, not run

By Phil Franz-Warkentin October 26, 2012

The middle of October might normally be the height of the fall run, but the numbers just aren’t there to the same extent as years’ past, according to participants. With fewer cattle making their way to market, prices in the feeder market have held up and even strengthened in some cases during the week ended

Livestock, Livestock Markets, News

Low cattle placements buoy cattle futures early this week

By Sam Nelson October 26, 2012

Low cattle placements buoy cattle futures early this week U.S. live cattle futures closed higher on Monday following Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) cattle-on-feed report that showed cattle placed in feedlots in September at a 16-year low, analysts and traders said. Feeder cattle futures were lower on waning demand for young cattle due to

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Canadian Agricultural HR Council gets federal funds for workforce development tools

Farm groups call on agriculture minister to pause federal research cuts

Feed grains weekly: Prices bump up

Tag Archives Cattle feeding

Hitting the sweet spot

Japan opens door wider for Canadian beef

Still-potent U.S. drought robs cattle ranchers of wheat pasture

Market may shift under continued high feed bills

Robins eager to embark on Nuffield-funded world tour

Record-high U.S. beef and cattle prices seen in 2013

After beef’s biggest recall: What’s next?

Higher feed costs could trigger wide-reaching shift in consumers’ meat purchases

Manitoba marts see fall cattle walk, not run

Low cattle placements buoy cattle futures early this week

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