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Measures to reduce the spread of Johne’s on calving grounds can help manage the disease, as young calves are more susceptible to the disease.

Calculator can analyze Johne’s options

The online tool provides producers with a range of management scenarios for their herds

By Piper Whelan February 16, 2024

Glacier FarmMedia — With no treatment or vaccine available, the impact of Johne’s disease on beef herds can be a nightmare. “Johne’s disease is particularly challenging to manage because we have so few options,” says Dr. Cheryl Waldner, professor at the University of Saskatchewan’s Western College of Veterinary Medicine. To help beef producers make better […] Read more

After carefully filling in around the well, Dan Mitchell makes a pad for the trough, then works on sloping the hillside behind so that the animals don’t have a drop off.

Cattleman’s Corner, Columns

Securing another water source

Eppich News: A stream 13 feet underground was tapped and will water cattle on the northeast side of the home section

By Heather Eppich February 16, 2024

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! In December our weather continued to be mild. We had a few cold days with a cold wind but for the most part we were still above normal temperatures. The animals are quite happy with the temperatures. On Dec. 15 we had Dan Mitchell from Kerrobert come out with […] Read more

Cattleman’s Corner

‘Grimace scale’ could help gauge pain, stress in cattle

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan February 16, 2024

Glacier FarmMedia — Dr. Maria Camila Ceballos has been researching animal welfare her entire career. Now, she’s a beef cattle welfare assistant professor at the University of Calgary. Along with her PhD student Mostafa Farghal, Ceballos is researching animal welfare by identifying and measuring pain in Angus beef calves. Ceballos says currently, pain in calves […] Read more

Cattleman’s Corner, Cow-Calf, Livestock

Use an NSAID for the right reasons

Mitigating pain makes sense in many areas of cattle production

By Roy Lewis February 16, 2024

Pain medication may be accompanied by treatment with antibiotics, but sometimes this is unnecessary. If your veterinarian prescribes non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for pain, he or she may choose one based on label claim, experience in the field, price per treatment, duration of activity, ease of administration, advice of associates or slaughter withdrawal. There are […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Crops, Features

Time to buy some cows?

Cattle right now are more profitable than crops, this farm management expert says

By Robert Arnason February 16, 2024

Glacier FarmMedia — When all costs are factored into the equation, raising cattle should be more profitable than growing crops in 2024 — and in some cases, much more so. “Right now, I can tell you that the returns per acre are higher than any of the crops,” said Ben Hamm, a farm management specialist […] Read more

Markets

Feed grain weekly: Buyers waiting longer to purchase more grain

U.S. corn shipments continue to put pressure on feed prices

By GFM Network News February 15, 2024

Buying activity for feed barley and feed wheat in Western Canada is moving slowly and prices continue to decline, according to Susanne Leclerc, owner of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton.

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General

Farm employee, employer’s perceptions differ on worker retention

Ag domestic labour gap will increase 15 per cent by 2030 as older workers retire: CAHRC

By Geralyn Wichers, GFM Network News February 15, 2024

Manual labour and long hours may be less of a deterrent to farm workers than farmers think, a new report suggests.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Livestock futures turn lower on pressure from equity markets

Strong U.S. dollar adds pressure to cattle, hog futures

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 13, 2024

Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock futures turned lower on Tuesday, on pressure from the equity markets after government data showed U.S. inflation slowed less than expected in January.

General, Reuters

Number of US farms falls and size increases, census shows

Number of acres in production falls by 20 million

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 13, 2024

Farms in the U.S. continued to get larger and the number of farms fell between 2017 and 2022, new data released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture showed on Tuesday.

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market continues to climb

Canadian values appear to be one week behind the U.S. market

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News February 13, 2024

For the week ending February 10, Western Canadian the market for yearlings over 800 pounds was $3/cwt to $6/cwt compared to a week earlier. Feeder cattle suited for grass and calves were up $8/cwt to as much as $25/cwt in some cases compared to the week prior. Quality steers averaging 600 pounds were readily trading in the range of $410-$425 up from the range of $380-$395 last week.

Under Trump, U.S. cedes its share of China’s beef market to Australia

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

GFM Network News