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Blizzard to bring pain, gain for cattle producers
Livestock Markets, Markets

Blizzard to bring pain, gain for cattle producers

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Cattle producers and auction sites in Manitoba had decisions to make regarding a major blizzard hitting the southern half of the province on April 13-14. The storm dropped more than 30 centimetres of snow with higher amounts in western Manitoba. The Colorado low brought winds gusting to 70 km/h, closed all major highways and prompted
CME June 2022 live cattle (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (pink, dark red and black lines). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle near two-month high

Cash cattle market firms; hog futures lower

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Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange hit their highest in nearly two months on Wednesday, led by firming prices for market-ready cattle in the cash market, traders said. Live cattle traded as high as $146 per hundredweight (cwt) in eastern Nebraska cash markets, traders said, while dressed cattle in
Learnings from his Nuffield Scholarship led Ryan Boyd to transition to high cattle stocking rates on pastures followed by longer recovery periods, which has increased profitability on his farm.
Farmit Manitoba, Livestock

Nuffield Scholar explores high stocking rate rotational grazing

Manitoba farmer touts benefits in soil building and land preservation

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Glacier FarmMedia – A transition toward high stocking rates on pastures followed by longer recovery periods has spurred profitability on a Manitoba beef farm, attendees at the recent Profitable Pastures online conference learned. Day three of the conference, hosted by the Ontario Forage Council, featured 2019 Nuffield Scholarship participant and Brandon-area farmer Ryan Boyd. Through
CME June 2022 lean hogs (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (pink, brown and dark red lines). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures top two-week high

Chicago cattle futures ease

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rallied to their highest price in more than two weeks on Monday, while live cattle and feeder cattle futures weakened. Hopes for increased domestic demand from summertime grilling and cookouts helped lift hog futures, analysts said. They added that surging grain and soybean futures raised
“You can’t obviously keep animals off all your pasture resources, but have a long-term plan, a five-year plan or something, where you rotate through and allow rest on those areas.” – Bart Lardner, University of Saskatchewan.
Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Facing the fallout: Give drought-stressed pastures time to recover

What should pasture management look like the year after a historic drought?

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Seven months ago, producers around Joe Bouchard’s farm near Fisher Branch figured their pastures might be dead. “It was pretty grim here in July,” he said, recalling those dire days as the province, and Interlake in particular, were crippled by drought. “We started shipping older cows, cows that we knew were open. We pulled our
‘Hamburger season’ around the corner
Livestock Markets, Markets

‘Hamburger season’ around the corner

High prices for feed grain have pressured cattle values

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Prices at the Ashern Auction mart were “fully steady” at their April 6 sale, according to manager Kirk Kiesman. He noted prices have remained as such for the last three to four weeks, seeing little prospect of changing any time soon. “We’re getting close to ‘hamburger season’ on the cows and bulls,” Kiesman said, which
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Livestock, Markets

CEOs of four large U.S. meatpackers to testify in Congressional hearing

Beef prices up for consumers, down for ranchers

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Washington | Reuters — The chief executives of U.S. meatpackers Cargill, Tyson Foods, JBS and National Beef Packing have agreed to testify at a Congressional hearing discussing cattle markets and price increases for consumers, House agriculture committee chairman David Scott said Wednesday. “It is very important, very vital, and very urgent that we hear the
CME June 2022 live cattle (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (pink, dark red and black lines). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME cattle follow broad strength in commodities

June lean hog futures down on day

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Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange rose on Wednesday for a third straight session, buoyed by broad strength in commodities along with firming cash cattle prices, traders said. A blizzard crossing the northern Plains lent support, raising concern about stress on cattle in the Dakotas, but the storm was

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