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(Baxter Black video screen grab via YouTube)

U.S. cowboy poet and veterinarian Baxter Black, 77

Black appeared on Carson, NPR and in Grainews

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News June 13, 2022

U.S. cowboy poet, storyteller and veterinarian Baxter Black, whose work was a fixture for years in farm journals including Grainews, died Friday at age 77, his family reported. Born in New York in 1945, Black grew up in southern New Mexico and graduated from Colorado State University in 1969. He later relocated from Colorado to […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Rains bring much-needed moisture to Alberta’s south

By GFM Network News June 10, 2022

MarketsFarm — Rains across southern and central regions of Alberta were both much-needed and well-received during the week ended Tuesday. Both regions received 20 to 50 millimetres of precipitation, according to the province’s weekly crop report released Friday. The amount of rain that fell onto the south region was equivalent to the amount of precipitation […] Read more

Three generations of the Eppich family take to the ice on a farm pond before the spring thaw arrives.

Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Foaling begins as calving season ends

There’s always some ups and downs, but fortunately more ‘ups’

By Heather Eppich June 2, 2022

March was a busy month for us with calving. It was still quite cold at night so we were doing night checks at two-hour intervals. Our first heifer calved March 6 and we had to pull the calf. That same afternoon the newest member of Eppich family, Ian, was baptized. It was a beautiful ceremony […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Steady demand supports feeder cattle prices

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News May 31, 2022

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle markets were relatively unchanged. Weakness in deferred live cattle futures and uncertainty in the feed grain market tempered the upside for all weight categories of replacement cattle. Alberta packers were buying fed cattle on a dressed basis in the range of $288-$290 delivered, steady to $2 lower […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Planting progress picking up in Saskatchewan

By GFM Network News May 20, 2022

MarketsFarm — Overall spring planting across Saskatchewan reached 33 per cent complete as of Monday, according to the latest weekly crop report from Saskatchewan Agriculture. Despite the good progress over the week, that’s still 20 points behind the five-year average. When compared to the excellent progress this time last year, the gap expands to 41 […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market develops two-tier price structure

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News May 17, 2022

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearlings markets traded $2-$4 higher on average; feeder cattle in the 600- to 800-pound weight category were up $3 to as much as $6 while calves under 600 lbs. traded $4-$8 higher. The Canadian dollar strengthened on Friday but the softer tone from Monday through Thursday contributed to the […] Read more

This is the ideal scenario… provide beef cattle with a dry, well bedded area and do your best to keep them out of prolonged muddy conditions.

Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Don’t let cattle performance get stuck in the mud

Letting cattle stand in muddy conditions is just asking for health problems

By Peter Vitti May 16, 2022

In early May a few years ago, I left the safety of the highway and turned onto a muddy summer road. There was a farm on the south side that had about 50 beef cows with little calves living in knee-deep mud. While there was lots of green hay in a bale feeder, the cows […] Read more

General, Reuters, Weather

World could see 1.5 C of warming in next five years, WMO reports

By GFM Network News May 9, 2022

London | Reuters — The world faces a 50 per cent chance of warming of 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels, if only briefly, by 2026, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday. That does not mean the world would be crossing the long-term warming threshold of 1.5 C (2.7 F), which scientists have set […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Alberta seeding ahead of five-year average

By GFM Network News May 6, 2022

MarketsFarm — While spring planting in Alberta is 12.2 per cent complete overall there’s a disparity between the south and the rest of the province. Also, the pace was 2.6 points above the five-year average, but 5.2 behind last year. As of Tuesday, Alberta Agriculture found seeding in the south was at 36.5 per cent […] Read more

Crops, Forages

German seed company buys Prairie forage seed firm

DSV to take up full control of Northstar Seed

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News May 6, 2022

A Prairie company producing and selling forage, turf and grass seed for international and domestic markets is set to be an early foothold for a German seed firm in North America. DSV (Deutsche Saatveredelung) announced last week it has reached a deal in early April to buy up all shares of Northstar Seed, which is […] Read more

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U.S. cowboy poet and veterinarian Baxter Black, 77

Rains bring much-needed moisture to Alberta’s south

Foaling begins as calving season ends

Klassen: Steady demand supports feeder cattle prices

Planting progress picking up in Saskatchewan

Klassen: Feeder market develops two-tier price structure

Don’t let cattle performance get stuck in the mud

World could see 1.5 C of warming in next five years, WMO reports

Alberta seeding ahead of five-year average

German seed company buys Prairie forage seed firm

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