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Which pasture is better for grazing? A or B?

More pasture divisions mean more opportunity for forage

By Sean McGrath March 25, 2019

The two diagrams accompanying this article represent two nearly identical ranches. They are the same size and if you count, they have the same number of cows. They even get the same rainfall and are in the same area. However, I would be willing to bet that one of these ranches has a lot more […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs notch fresh contract highs on export hopes

By GFM Network News March 23, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rose to contract highs for a third straight session on Friday on hopes for strong demand from China before easing from those peaks on profit-taking and technical selling, traders said. China is expected to be in the market for imported pork as the deadly hog […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up again on China swine fever fears

By GFM Network News March 22, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rallied by their daily trading limits for a second straight day on Thursday on expectations that imports by China would surge as the country’s domestic hog herd is ravaged by a deadly hog disease. All hog contracts posted new contract highs and spot futures reached […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up on China swine virus fears

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News March 20, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures soared by the company’s daily price limit to new contract highs on Wednesday on increasing worries about the spread of a deadly hog disease in China. Traders expect that China, the world’s biggest hog producer and pork consumer, will need to import more U.S. pork […] Read more

Uncertainty over the Brexit deal has U.K. beef producers wondering what’s ahead for their domestic and export markets.

Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner

How Brexit is set to impact the U.K.’s beef industry

Deal or no deal — each could have consequences

By Chris Mccullough March 20, 2019

It’s an anxious time for all farmers in the U.K. as they await the outcome of Brexit, or in other words, their fate once they leave the European Union. Having been supported by EU farm subsidies in the past, U.K. farmers wait to see what program, if any, the U.K. government will come up with […] Read more

Tom Geisler surveys damage to his farm, following flooding at Winslow, Neb., northwest of Omaha, on March 20, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Humeyra Pamuk)

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. farmers face devastation following Midwest floods

By GFM Network News March 20, 2019

Winslow, Neb./Chicago | Reuters — Midwestern farmers have been gambling they could ride out the U.S.-China trade war by storing their corn and soybeans anywhere they could — in bins, plastic tubes, in barns or even outside. Now, the unthinkable has happened. Record floods have devastated a wide swath of the Farm Belt across Iowa, […] Read more

Thompson Rivers University student Chris Solecki testing out a drone which columnist Roy Lewis says can play a practical role in livestock management.

Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Using new technology to monitor cattle

Animal Health: Stationary cameras and drones can be used in many ways 

By Roy Lewis March 20, 2019

Technology has advanced for monitoring the health of cattle both at calving time and on pasture. Two operations I deal with during the calving season have used advanced cameras in the last several years. I have also seen demonstrations and heard a few presentations on drones for checking and monitoring cattle. It appears to be […] Read more

Finance Minister Bill Morneau appears at a pre-budget event March 14 at the Toronto Kiwanis Boys + Girls Clubs. (BMorneau.liberal.ca)

General, Machinery, Markets, Weather

Farm groups see something for everyone in federal budget

By Glacier FarmMedia staff, GFM Network News March 20, 2019

Response so far from farm and agribusiness organizations to Tuesday’s pre-election budget suggests the federal government has managed to find at least one line item for everyone in the ag sector. Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s budget pledges compensation for supply-managed sectors facing financial hits from international trade pacts, funding for a new federal food policy […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle hit contract highs on weather woes

By Julie Ingwersen, GFM Network News March 20, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose Tuesday, with the benchmark June contract hitting a high as poor feedlot conditions in portions of the U.S. Plains raised concerns about beef supplies, traders said. Lean hogs closed lower in a profit-taking setback from contract highs set a day earlier. Fat cattle futures […] Read more

A section of road is underwater stranding a vehicle after flooding near Waterloo, Neb. on March 18, 2019. (Handout photo by Ryan Hignight/U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, via Reuters)

General, Reuters, Weather

U.S. Midwest’s catastrophic floods cause widespread damage

By GFM Network News March 19, 2019

Brownville, Neb. | Reuters — Severe flooding caused by rainfall and melting snow devastated farms and towns in Nebraska and Iowa on Tuesday, leaving at least four people dead and causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damage, with waters yet to crest in parts of the region for several days. The floods inundated stretches […] Read more

GFM Network News

B.C. ostriches culled, CFIA confirms

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs end week on high note

U.S. grains: Soybeans bounce as Chinese demand assessed, wheat drops

Beef cattle

Which pasture is better for grazing? A or B?

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs notch fresh contract highs on export hopes

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up again on China swine fever fears

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up on China swine virus fears

How Brexit is set to impact the U.K.’s beef industry

U.S. farmers face devastation following Midwest floods

Using new technology to monitor cattle

Farm groups see something for everyone in federal budget

U.S. livestock: Live cattle hit contract highs on weather woes

U.S. Midwest’s catastrophic floods cause widespread damage

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