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New-crop lambs arrive for Orthodox Easter season
Livestock Markets, Markets

New-crop lambs arrive for Orthodox Easter season

The latest sale had a 'clean out the flock' to prepare for the summer grazing season feel

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The summer sheep and goat auction schedule is set to begin with one sale on the first Monday of every month. The approaching Orthodox Easter translated into strong bidding for 300 sheep and goats at Winnipeg Livestock Auction April 20. The bidding on the various ewes appeared to have dropped from the last sale. However,
Easter lamb supplies may have been less than demand
Livestock, Markets

Easter lamb supplies may have been less than demand

Easter lamb quantities were much lower than usual at the Winnipeg Livestock Auction Easter sale, but the quality remained high

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Reminder: No sale on April 6, 2016. Just 312 sheep and goats were auctioned on March 16, 2016 and buyers’ expectations may have been greater than supplied. The selection of ewes was limited but the quality produced some strong bidding from the various buyers. The combination of older and heavy wool ewes was of less
New Zealand square bags, which are made of polyethylene and sourced from China are said to be a more efficient way of transporting wool.
Livestock, Local news

The wool is in the bag — but which one?

Industry watchers say square packaging is becoming the norm

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Some Manitoba sheep producers are balking at an industry trend towards a wool-bagging system that processors say is safer and more efficient to transport. Sheep producers generally have two options for packaging wool, long tube bags made from jute or New Zealand square bags made of polyethylene. At its annual general meeting in early March,
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Livestock, News

COOL continues to obstruct sheep industry

Manitoba representative on the Canadian Sheep Federation doubts quick resolution of COOL restrictions

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Canadian sheep producers remain stranded by country-of-origin labelling (COOL) restrictions, even as beef and pork producers have seen relief. According to Herman Bouw, Manitoba sheep producer and director of the Manitoba Sheep Association (MSA), COOL continues to affect the sector, isolating it from the U.S. market, due to active lobbying from the American sheep industry.
Winnipeg Livestock Auction results
Livestock, Markets

High prices continue with low volumes of sheep and goats on offer

The Winnipeg Livestock Auction received 175 sheep and goats 
for the March 2 sale

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Well-conditioned wool ewes attracted higher bids as replacement stock. The older ewes received lower bidding from the buyers. The quality ewes brought a price range from $1.11 to $1.19 per pound. The butchering ewes brought a price range from $0.90 to $0.91 per pound. There were only three 232-pound rams for this sale. This group
Low selection in all sheep categories
Livestock, Markets

Low selection in all sheep categories

There were only 200 sheep and goats delivered to the Feb. 17 sale at Winnipeg Livestock Auction

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The selection of ewes was dominated by wool ewes. However, the hair ewes attracted similar prices. The weight of the ewes ranged from 139 to 227 pounds with a price ranging from $1.03 to $1.113 per pound. The bidding on rams followed no pattern. Buyers were looking for some particular item with the various rams.
Livestock, Markets

Low pre-Easter numbers at sheep and goat sale

Just five goats on sale at the February 3 sale

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Winnipeg Livestock Auction had 120 sheep and goats delivered for the Feb. 3, 2016 sale. Not all classifications were represented in this smaller auction, which was following the pre-Easter-season pattern. Selection for the ewe classification of ewes was limited, but still indicated a price difference between wool and hair ewes. A 170-pound Dorper-cross ewe brought $164.90 ($0.97
Lamb prices promisingly strong for start of 2016
Livestock, Livestock Markets

Lamb prices promisingly strong for start of 2016

There were 350 sheep and goats delivered to the Winnipeg Livestock Auction sale Jan. 6

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Bidding on ewes was based on buyer preferences rather than weight. Buyers showed higher bidding interest in hair ewes. The hair ewes received $1.30 and $1.20 per pound, while the average bidding was $0.90 per pound. There was only a 160-pound Rideau-cross ram, which brought $204.80 ($1.28 per pound). Heavyweight lambs on offer included five
Clayton Robins opened his farm for a tour in mid-August to explain the benefits of his high-energy forage grazing system.
Beef cattle, Livestock

Putting grazing theory into practice

Clayton Robins suggests a grazing system of high-energy 
forage can hone the best gains while regenerating pastures

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Following years of research and the publication of a Nuffield study, Clayton Robins is now seeing the results of implementing a high-energy forage system on his own farm. “The greatest hurdle to the forage-fed beef enterprise lies in the difficulty in providing an adequate level of diet energy, especially in the form of a low-cost
Entries wait to be judged in the Sasktoba Sheep 4-H achievement that was held for the first time in a decade at this year’s Manitoba Sheep Association Show and Sale in Carberry.
Livestock, Other livestock

Domestic demand for lamb is on the rise

But domestic production is static and processing capacity is declining

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Prices generally for commercial and purebred lambs were up a little bit from last year, say organizers of this year’s Manitoba Sheep Association Show and Sale held at Carberry on August 28 and 29. For commercial lambs, pens of five averaged $197.50 per head, and for pens of two the average price was $214 per

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