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The beef cattle industry is bracing for a level of heifer retention this summer and fall that's expected to lower the feeder cattle supply.

Lower feedlot placements support cattle market

Cow-calf producers should think about selling calves in late summer versus fall

By Jerry Klassen May 29, 2024

During the last week of April, Alberta packers were buying fed cattle on a live basis in the range of $256-$258 per hundredweight delivered, up $18/cwt from three weeks earlier. Alberta fed cattle basis levels have strengthened as market-ready supplies tighten. In Kansas and Texas, live sales, f.o.b. feedlot, were reported at US$182/cwt, down US$3/cwt […] Read more

Markets, News, Reuters

JBS says China blocks beef from US plant over detection of ractopamine

By Reuters, Tom Polansek May 29, 2024

Processor JBS said on Wednesday that Beijing blocked U.S. beef shipments from the company's plant in Greeley, Colorado, because traces of the feed additive ractopamine were identified in beef destined for China.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle lower on technical trading, JBS-China export news

By Reuters May 29, 2024

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures turned lower on Wednesday amid news that China has blocked U.S. beef exports coming from a JBS-owned plant in Colorado because traces of the feed additive ractopamine were identified in beef destined for China.

News

Meat industry calls on federal gov to ease foreign worker limits

By Geralyn Wichers May 29, 2024

Meat industry groups are asking the federal government to reinstate a program that expanded industry hiring limits for temporary foreign workers (TFWs) and lengthened the validity of paperwork needed for hiring, citing work shortages and impact on food prices.

Markets, News

Realized Canadian farm income up, net income down in 2023

Total farm cash receipts rose 4.4 per cent compared with 2022 on higher crop marketings; cattle prices

May 29, 2024

Realized net income for Canadian farmers rose 18.3 per cent in 2023 to C$14.5 billion, as growth in receipts offset a rise in expenses, according to a report from Statistics Canada released May 29.

Crops

Manitoba crop report: Seeding continues despite large rainfall

May 29, 2024

Despite heavy rains as well as snowfall, Manitoba farmers were still able to make planting progress during the week ended May 25, according to the province’s weekly crop report.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures turn higher on packer buying expectations

By Reuters May 28, 2024

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures turned higher on Tuesday on technical trading and market anticipation that packers increase buying on a shortened holiday week, analysts said.

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Demand for grass cattle pushes feeder market higher

By Jerry Klassen May 28, 2024

In the week ending May 25, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets were trading $4 to $8 higher compared to seven days earlier. Some higher quality genetic packages of 700-pound plus cattle were up as much as $10 from week-ago levels.

University of Alberta researcher Ehsan Feizollahi helped test the use of cold plasma to decontaminate grains.

Cereals, Crops, Features

Plasma shows promise against fusarium-formed toxins

The fourth state of matter could someday be put to work at a malt house or feedlot near you

By Alexis Kienlen May 27, 2024

Researchers at the University of Alberta are harnessing a high-tech concept to decontaminate grain. They’re using cold plasma, which is created by electrical discharge in a low-pressure gas. One of the most common uses is in fluorescent lighting, which creates light with little heat. Cold plasma is the fourth state of matter, alongside solid, liquid […] Read more

Livestock, News

Eastern Canada’s largest beef processor on strike

Union says a Cargill plant in Calgary could soon take similar action

By Jonah Grignon May 27, 2024

Nearly 1000 workers at Cargill’s beef processing plant in Guelph hit the picket lines this morning, as workers strike in an effort to gain better compensation.

Daily Network News

Southern California honeybees show resistance to varroa mites

Pulse Weekly: SaskPulse optimistic despite input, crop price concerns

Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

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