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(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle climb ahead of USDA supply report

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were higher on Friday, boosted by short-covering in a rebound from an earlier one-week low, traders and analysts said. Traders also were squaring their positions ahead of the U.S. Department’s monthly Cattle on Feed report, which was released after the close of trading. The slightly […] Read more
The goal of the Livestock Welfare Engagement Project is to look at animal welfare in Alberta’s livestock industry.
Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

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Animal welfare survey available until Oct. 31

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Alberta’s livestock sector has until October 31 to complete a survey as part of the Livestock Welfare Engagement Project being conducted by Alberta Farm Animal Care (AFAC) on behalf of the Alberta government. The goal of the project, says AFAC in a recent press release, is a collaborative look at animal welfare in Alberta’s livestock […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Barley, Corn, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Cheap corn, Prairie harvest quality weigh on prices

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CNS Canada — Cheap corn imports and adverse Prairie harvest conditions should mean no shortage of feed grain in Alberta’s feedlot alley this winter — which should also keep prices under pressure going forward. “Anytime you get a ripe crop and you get snow and rain falling on it, it normally doesn’t make better quality,” […] Read more
Crops, Weather

World crop briefs: North Carolina losing crops, livestock to Florence

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CNS Canada — Record-setting rain and floods in North Carolina caused by Hurricane Florence have destroyed the state’s poultry sector with 3.4 million chickens and turkeys reported killed. Pig losses are estimated at 5,500. Widespread power outages and flooded roads are making it difficult to get help to abandoned livestock operations. The state is home […] Read more
A Sept. 12 view from the International Space Station down the eye of Hurricane Florence, which has since weakened to a post-tropical cyclone. (NASA photo)
Livestock, Reuters, Weather

Florence shuts down U.S. slaughterhouses

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Chicago/Los Angeles | Reuters — U.S. food companies kept slaughter plants shut on Monday in southeastern states swamped by Hurricane Florence as flash floods collapsed the walls of at least two hog manure pits, made roads undriveable and delayed rail shipments. Catastrophic flooding from Hurricane Florence, which has dumped up to 36 inches of rain […] Read more

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