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Field Work Takes Priority Over Cattle Marketings

By Dwayne Klassen October 13, 2011

Cattle movement and prices at auctions in Manitoba maintained steady levels during the week ended Oct. 7, but activity is seen picking up over the next couple of weeks as community pastures begin to empty out. There has been a steady flow of feeders to the auction yards, but butcher animals have been on the

News

Great Lakes Face Stresses From Run-Off, Invaders

October 13, 2011

chica go/re uters Great Lakes shorelines are becoming clogged by algae blooms fed by agricultural run-off, while invasive mussels decimate the food chain in deeper waters, according to the National Wildlife Federation. The five lakes, which contain one-fifth of the world s fresh water and supply tens of millions of people, may be veering close

Country Crossroads, Other livestock

Fall Bird-Feeding Tips

October 13, 2011

Red River Basin Commission Fall is a dynamic season of change and adaptation for birds, providing you the opportunity to attract migratory birds in addition to the permanent residents that visit your bird feeders year round. Food habits change as seasonal food supplies change. The high-protein insect diet characteristic of many birds in summer changes

Livestock

Feedlots From East, West Maintain Healthy Demand

By Dwayne Klassen October 6, 2011

Dwayne Klassen CNSC Movement of cattle in Manitoba during the week ended Sept. 30 maintained a steady pace, but numbers were lighter at some locations as producers concentrated on fall field work. Demand from eastern and western feedlots continued to be good, said Buddy Bergner at Ashern Auction Mart. Locals were generally non-aggressive buyers. Values

Country Crossroads

Old-Time Threshing Day

October 6, 2011

Frank and Linda Wilkinson welcomed everyone to their farm west of Onanole on September 10 for an old-time threshing day. With some help from friends and neighbours, the oat stooks were forked onto a wagon pulled by a team of Percheron horses, and then fed into the 1926 Advanced Rumely threshing machine. A 1953 W6

Cereals, Hogs, Livestock

Using DDGS Effectively To Reduce Feed Costs

By Bernie Peet October 6, 2011

Over the last decade, the availability of dried distillers grains with solubles, or DDGS, has increased rapidly, while the price of cereal grains has escalated. This is forcing the livestock industry to take a hard look at how to utilize the byproducts of industrial processes that use not only grains, but also oilseeds and pulses.

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Brazil Farming Revolution May Slow Amazon Demise

By Reese Ewing September 29, 2011

Cassio Carvalho do Val is about to invest nearly $2 million to add 10,000 cattle to his ranch on the edge of the Amazon. But instead of burning down forest for his growing herd to graze freely he will break with tradition, reducing his pasture land and adding grain to their diet. Val is one

Livestock

Demand Softens For Slaughter Cattle

By Phil Franz-Warkentin September 29, 2011

Yearlings and the early calves moving through Manitoba s cattle auction yards continued to see aggressive demand and solid prices during the week ended Sept. 23. However, the butcher side of the coin is not showing the same kind of strength, leading to questions as to how much longer the feeder prices will be maintained,

Opinion

Prices Are Good. Don’t Worry, Be Happy

By Alan Guebert September 22, 2011

So corn is rockin north of $7, beans are toyin with $14, cattle look to be headed to who-knows-where, wheat prices for almost every variety are tall to really tall, and hogs, well, bacon is sellin for what steak used to. Wow, huh? And here are two more sweet words: land values. Second-quarter 2011 farmland

Opinion

Letters – for Sep. 22, 2011

September 22, 2011

Pay more for hydro, less for property tax The Manitoba Education Financing Coalition Group wants tax to take a hike, (Sept. 1) deserves strong support from all Manitobans, including its proposal that education tax be paid with profits from Manitoba Hydro. I doubt that the profits are lying there, ready for the taking. I expect

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures rise on expectations of tight supplies

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans fall, but achieve first annual gain in three years

ICE Canada Weekly: Canola unlikely to have a good start to 2026

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