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Beef cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets

Feed costs weigh on prices for “plainer” cattle

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 20, 2012

The number of cattle moving through Manitoba’s auction yards started to slow down during the week ended April 13. For what was moving, the top-quality animals continued to be met with solid demand, but prices started to weaken for the lower-quality animals on offer. “The plainer-type cattle were down a little bit,” said Buddy Bergner

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Bison farmer fined

April 19, 2012

Staff / A McCreary farmer has been fined $1,000 in provincial court for failing to submit his bison herd to Canadian Food Inspection Agency officials for inspection and testing for bovine tuberculosis. Ron Chotka pled guilty and was fined under the Health of Animals Act Dec. 19, 2011, a CFIA release says. Livestock owners are

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Time is right for free trade agreement push

By Sheri Monk April 15, 2012

A seasoned trade negotiator says trade agreements will do a lot to open markets for Canadian beef, but once they’re open, a second ingredient is needed — customer demand. “Despite all the constraints and problems there may be, the future for Canadian agriculture and for Canadian meat production and beef production, I think is really very

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Super-size surveys show consumer landscape is changing

By Sheri Monk April 15, 2012

McDonald’s is an iconic brand which has transcended its all-American heritage to become the world’s most renowned fast-food brand leader. Yet to stay at the top, McDonald’s must change some of the same practices that got it there, says a senior company official. “As the face of Canada truly changes, so does its eating habits,”

Beef cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets

Values hold strong for replacement heifers, bulls

By Dwayne Klassen April 7, 2012

Cattle marketings in Manitoba during the week ended March 30 generally held the levels at which they’ve run over the past couple of weeks, though weather issues in certain parts of the province resulted in a slowdown in sales. “With the frost out of the ground earlier than normal, the excess moisture made a few

Hogs, Livestock, News

U.S. pork stocks balloon as prices curb appetites

By Theopolis Waters March 29, 2012

Reuters / High meat and gasoline prices have curbed consumers’ appetite for pork, which caused the meat to pile up in warehouses last month, analysts said March 22. That February pork supply was up seven per cent from the previous month, and up nine per cent from a year ago, the data showed. “This confirms

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Beef prices are skyrocketing but U.S. consumers haven’t stopped buying so far

March 23, 2012

chicago / reuters / U.S. consumers, already cringing at high beef prices, can expect even more expensive meat later this year due to the smallest cattle herd in more than 50 years, according to the head of one of the nation’s largest meat companies. Supermarket beef prices set a record of $5.09 per pound in

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Battle of the beta-agonists

By Sheri Monk March 23, 2012

One of North America’s largest beef buyers is telling feeders that it wants a little more fat and a little less lean, and is delivering a not-so-subtle hint on their choice of growth promotants to achieve it. “Maximizing performance and efficiencies pre-harvest at the expense of beef taste and tenderness concerns us — it’s not

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Alta. economist urges Australian-style beef grading

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 23, 2012

Canadian beef producers and retailers could add value to their product by moving to a “more consistent” beef-grading system, a University of Alberta economist suggests. Canada’s current beef-grading system, in which carcasses are visually inspected and meat labelled accordingly, “cannot provide the same quality assurance as the more extensive (Meat Standards Australia, or MSA) system,”

Livestock, News, Other livestock

First new-crop lambs arrive for the year

By Mark Elliot March 23, 2012

The Winnipeg Livestock Auction March 15 sold 400 sheep and goats, for the approaching Easter season. Future producers were bidding to improve or increase their spring herds, while the meat industry was bidding for the Easter purposes. Age of the ewes was very important as was illustrated with the bidding at this sale. The price

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Tag Archives Meat

Feed costs weigh on prices for “plainer” cattle

Bison farmer fined

Time is right for free trade agreement push

Super-size surveys show consumer landscape is changing

Values hold strong for replacement heifers, bulls

U.S. pork stocks balloon as prices curb appetites

Beef prices are skyrocketing but U.S. consumers haven’t stopped buying so far

Battle of the beta-agonists

Alta. economist urges Australian-style beef grading

First new-crop lambs arrive for the year

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