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Throughput Key To Minimizing Production Cost

bernie peet Peet on Pigs A relatively small deviation in several parameters may easily add up to a reduction in income of $4-$5 per hog. On 500 pigs per week, that’s up to $130,000 in lost margin each year. Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western
Crops, Other livestock

What’s Up – for Aug. 27, 2009

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] call 204-944-5762 Aug. 26-28 – International Farm Succession Conference, Fairmont le Chateau Frontenac, 1 Rue des Carrieres, Quebec City. Presented by the Canadian Farm Business Management Council. For more info visit www.farmcentre.com. Sept. 10-13 – WaterEdWest: Western Canada Water Education Conference, Banff Centre, Banff, Alta. For more info
Livestock

Herd Liquidations Seen In Near Future

– Buddy Bergner,Ashern Livestock Mart “These individuals are sick of putting out money for feed, only to lose that value in the poor price for the animal.” Activity at Manitoba’s cattle auction yards picked up somewhat during the week ended Aug. 21, with some of the increased volume associated with feed concerns and continued discontent
Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Livestock

Cattle Inventories In Canada Decline

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Canada’s estimated total cattle and calf inventory as of July 1, continued to decline, dropping 2.3 per cent from the level seen at the same time a year ago, according to figures released by Statistics Canada Aug. 20. The beef herd in Canada was down 2.4 per cent from the year-ago level while dairy herd
Livestock, News

Hog Genetic Companies Form Alliance

Genetiporc and Designed Genetics Inc. (DGI) have formed a new strategic alliance aimed at marketing their respective programs in Canadian, U. S., and International markets. The relationship provides both organizations with improved market access while remaining independently owned and directed, the companies say in a joint news release. Genetiporc, based in Quebec, believes this strategic
Livestock

Marketings Resume As Summer Breaks Ending

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Activity at Ma n i t o b a’s cattle auction yards remained light during the week ended Aug. 14, although there was a slight increase in movement, with more yards restarting after their summer shutdowns. Robin Hill of Hear tland Livestock Services at Virden said activity was starting to pick up on the yearling
Hogs, Livestock

Automatic system diverts pigs to new groups based on weight

Pen widths and selection weights Pen width (ft.) Total pen area (ft. 2) Area/pig (ft. 2), based on 420 pigs Min. weight at transfer (lb.) 28 2296 5.47 128 32 2624 6.25 152 36 2952 7.03 170 42 3444 8.20 203 47 3854 9.17 228 53 4346 10.35 255 Bernie Peet is president of Pork
Beef cattle, Livestock

Beef Cattle Sell-Off In Alberta Eases

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Farmers have slowed the sell-off of beef cattle in Alberta, Canada’s top producing province, as feed supplies improve in the parched Canadian province. Farmer sales to auction marts have levelled off at 16,000 to 16,500 head per week, said Scott McKinnon, market analyst with CanFax. That suggests that recent rain has improved pastures enough that

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