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Feeder Sales Slump On Outlook For Finished Cattle

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– Buddy Bergner,Ashern Livestock Mart “Guys are just selling the whole works and saying ‘That’s it, we’re quitting.’” Feeder cattle in the Manitoba auction yards continued to trade at poor levels during the week ended Sept. 25, as buyers remained reluctant given the low price projections for finished cattle. “The income doesn’t meet the expenses,”
Livestock

Cattle Marketings A Record Low

USDA reported Sept. 18 the cattle supply on major U. S. feedlots at 9.882 million head, or 99 per cent of a year ago. The amount of cattle placed onto feedlots during August was put at 2.110 million, or 102 per cent of last year, cattle marketed during August at 1.81 million, or 96 per
Country Crossroads, Other livestock

The Clydesdale

The Clydesdale is a breed of heavy draft horse developed in and deriving its name from the district in Scotland where it was founded. Its type was evolved by the farmers of Lanarkshire, through which the River Clyde flows. The old name for Lanarkshire is Clydesdale. The most common colour in the Clydesdale breed is
Beef cattle, Livestock

Colombia Ends Six-Year Ban On Canadian Beef

Colombia has agreed to resume imports of Canadian beef from all ages of cattle, Canadian Trade Minister Stockwell Day said Sept. 16. Colombia will be the first market in South America to reopen to Canadian beef imports since mad cow disease was found on a western Canadian farm in 2003. It had agreed in the
Beef cattle, Livestock

What’s Up – for Sep. 24, 2009

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] call 204-944-5762 Sept. 25-27 – Llama Canada national conference, Best Western Denham Inn and Suites, 5207-50th Ave., Leduc, Alta. For more info call toll free 1-866-450-2172 or visit www.llamacanada.com. Sept. 29 – Beef Outlook meeting, 7 to 9:30 p. m., Sun Gro Centre, Beausejour. Topics: Market outlook, winter
Beef cattle, Livestock, News

4-H Reports – for Sep. 17, 2009

The Co-operator will publish 4-H reports once a month. Reports can be submitted by the third week of the month by e-mail to [email protected],by regular mail to 4-H Reports, c/o Manitoba Co-operator, 1666 Dublin Ave., Winnipeg, Man. R3H 0H1 or by fax to 204-954-1422. JUDGES NAMED AT ROUNDUP The second annual Manitoba Youth Beef Roundup
Hogs, Livestock

Targeting Breeding Herd Output Fundamental

Breeding targets can only be achieved when there is a ready supply of gilts available to replace sows that are culled or which die. Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. In my
Livestock

Loonies Not Lucky For Livestock

Ca t t l e prices at the auction yards in Manitoba during the week ended Sept. 4 held relatively stable, although the continued appreciation of the Canadian dollar was viewed as a bearish price influence. Marketings of cattle were down a bit in comparison to the previous week’s level. Continued poor demand from U.
News, Other livestock

What’s Up – for Sep. 10, 2009

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] call 204-944-5762 Sept. 12 – Sheep and goat parasite workshop and FAMACHA training, 8:30 a. m. to 12 p. m., Kleefeld. Lunch to follow. Registration free for Manitoba Sheep Association/ Manitoba Goat Association members, $10 for non-members. For more info call Richard Davis at 204-427-3633, Bill Paulishyn at
Beef cattle, Livestock

Pork, Poultry Prices Pressure Cattle Values

DWAYNE KLASSEN RNI – Gene Parks,Pipestone Livestock Sales “If you are selling pork chops for $2.50 a pound, consumers don’t want to pay $11.50 a pound for ribeye.” Marketi ngs of cattle at the auction yards in Manitoba continued to increase during the week ended Aug. 28. Prices for cattle, however, remained on the defensive

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