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Feedlot Placements Surprise Analysts

By Bob Burgdorfer December 2, 2010

Dry pastures, profitable cattle prices and herd liquidation likely caused producers to put more cattle in feedlots in October than a year earlier, analysts said Nov. 19. The U.S. Agriculture Department’s monthly feedlot cattle report showed the addition of 2.504 million new cattle to feedlots last month, up 1.3 per cent year on year. Analysts

Livestock, News

Agency In The Forefront Of High-Tech Changes

By Madeleine Baerg November 11, 2010

Livestock inspection in Alberta is going high tech. The move from handwritten brand log books to a system relying on leading-edge databases and high-tech livestock-movement tools is being pushed by Livestock Identification Services Ltd. (LIS), the non-profit organization in charge of livestock inspection in Alberta. The goal is to optimize costs, improve the “tool kit”

Beef cattle, Livestock

Cattle Industry Gets New Industry Code Of Practice

By Ron Friesen November 11, 2010

Canada’s cattle producers will get a new beef industry code of practice to guide their on-farm operations. The revised code, expected in 2013, will replace the existing one which dates back to 1991. The process will bring together producers, humane societies, scientists, veterinarians, transporters, government representatives and food industry officials to develop voluntary guidelines for

Crops

Organic Agriculture Is The Future

By Allan Dawson October 14, 2010

Does organic agriculture have a future? For some, such as well-known plant scientist E. Ann Clark, organic is the future. In a paper released earlier this year, the University of Guelph professor joined those who say that the end of cheap oil will mean the end of conventional agriculture as it’s currently practised. “(T)he future

Livestock

CCIA Call Centre Hours Extended

By CCIA October 14, 2010

The Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA) is extending its call centre customer service hours for the fall run effective Oct. 1 and ending Dec. 31. The new call centre hours will be Monday to Friday from 6 a. m. to 8 p. m. MST until the end of December. Customer support for the Canadian Livestock

Cereals, Livestock

Better Feed Barley Bids Likely Post-Harvest – for Sep. 9, 2010

By Phil Franz-Warkentin September 9, 2010

Feed barley bids in Western Canada should come under pressure during the harvest period, but are expected to show some strength further out as domestic buyers will need to compete with the higher-priced export market. “The feedlots don’t need a lot of grain today,” said Jim Beusekom of Marketplace Commodities at Lethbridge, adding that “the

Hogs, Livestock, News

WTO COOL Panel Finally Underway – for Sep. 9, 2010

By Ron Friesen September 9, 2010

Eight years after first appearing in legislation and over a year after becoming law, the U. S. country-of- origin labelling (COOL) rule will undergo a legal challenge at the World Trade Organization. A WTO panel this month in Geneva will hear arguments from Canada and Mexico that COOL violates international trade rules. Hearings are scheduled

Cereals, Livestock

Better Feed Barley Bids Likely Post-Harvest – for Aug. 30, 2010

By Phil Franz-Warkentin August 30, 2010

Feed barley bids in Western Canada should come under pressure during the harvest period, but are expected to show some strength further out as domestic buyers will need to compete with the higher-priced export market. “The feedlots don’t need a lot of grain today,” said Jim Beusekom of Marketplace Commodities at Lethbridge, adding that “the

Crops, Oilseeds

KAP Looking Into TUAs On Volunteer Canola Crops – for Aug. 12, 2010

By Allan Dawson August 12, 2010

Should canola seed companies give farmers unable to seed wet fields this spring a break and forgo their contracts fees on volunteer crops? The Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) is asking itself that question. Butch Harder, a Lowe Farm-area farmer and director of the Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA), raised the issue here July 22 during

Livestock

Kansas Heat Wave Kills 2,000 Cattle – for Jul. 29, 2010

July 29, 2010

The intense heat and humidity that blanketed central Kansas since late last week have killed more than 2,000 cattle and one state official called the heat-related losses the worst in his 17 years on the job. However, conditions for the cattle improved somewhat July 20 as the humidity has decreased and the wind has picked

Daily Network News

Spain probes whether swine fever outbreak was caused by lab leak

World food prices fall for third month in November, UN’s FAO says

Feed Grain Weekly: Prices levelling as demand wanes

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