Beef Cattle & Production Tips

Klassen: Limited harvest progress weighs on feeder cattle

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News October 15, 2019

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle markets were down $2 to as much as $8 in some cases. A fortuitous bounce in the barley market resulted in a softer tone for replacement cattle. It appears that the Canadian barley crop will be smaller than earlier anticipated and some of the crop will likely […] Read more

Scott Renwick and family operate a beef cattle and sheep on about 20,000 acres in northwest Scotland, marketing purebred Luing cattle and lambs.

Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Luing cattle can navigate their native Highlands

Scottish breed works well in a  mixed beef and sheep operation

By Chris Mccullough October 11, 2019

Farming in the Scottish Highlands can be classed as one of the more challenging environments to make a living, but results can be good when the land and livestock work in harmony. Scott Renwick is quite a busy farmer running his beef and sheep farm at Inverbroom in the northwest of the country while also […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Adverse weather tempers feeder market

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News October 8, 2019

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $3-$5 lower. Excessive snow in Alberta and ongoing rains across Manitoba and Saskatchewan set a negative tone. The market appeared to incorporate a risk discount, although many auction barns had limited numbers on offer. Buyers once again focused on local cattle and avoided transportation over […] Read more

Regardless of growing condition, all grasses begin to decline in quality this time of year. A proper vitamin and mineral program helps to meet nutrient requirements.

Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Fall is no time to slack off on a livestock mineral program

Plenty of hidden benefits for overall herd health and reproduction

By Peter Vitti October 7, 2019

Since April, I’ve had the privilege to criss-cross the Prairies to witness the opposite effects of drought and continuous rainstorms upon hundreds of square miles of pasture. In some areas, the pastures were brown, short and by themselves didn’t produce enough feed to support cattle, while other regions were green, lush and had lots of […] Read more

Beef sirloin tips are among the many Ryding-Regency-produced beef products now recalled. (Panainte Ancuta-Georgiana/iStock/Getty Images)

Beef Cattle, Livestock

New meat recall prolongs Ryding-Regency shutdown

By GFM Network News October 4, 2019

Ryding-Regency Meat Packers remains shut down, making an already tight processing capacity situation event more challenging for Ontario farmers. The Toronto company, along with St. Ann’s Food, announced a recall Tuesday of a long list of its products because of concerns with E. coli O157:H7. More products were added to the recall on Thursday. The […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Yearling prices remain firm

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News September 30, 2019

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling markets were relatively unchanged with the exception of southern Alberta where 800-plus-lb. feeders traded $5 to as much as $8 higher. Strength in deferred live cattle futures and weakness in barley prices were the main factors driving demand in the Lethbridge area. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s bullish […] Read more

McDonald’s Canadian arm in August launched the “Classics Remastered” burger campaign, highlighting new kitchen processes for burgers such as its Big Mac, cheeseburger and Quarter Pounder (l-r). (CNW Group/McDonald’s Canada)

Beef Cattle, Livestock

McDonald’s reiterates beef support during Beyond Meat test-drive

By GFM Network News September 30, 2019

The world’s biggest burger chain has aimed to reassure Canadian beef producers that its trial run of a plant-based burger doesn’t mark a retreat from the company’s primary protein. McDonald’s CEO John Betts, in a statement issued Friday directly to “our valued partners in the beef industry,” said he wants beef producers “to hear from […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock

Major veal processor launches new brand, non-GMO label

By GFM Network News September 30, 2019

Quebec veal, lamb and beef processor Delimax-Montpak is set to launch a new consumer brand across Canada featuring what it bills as the only GMO-free milk-fed veal on the market. The company said Tuesday it expected to have the new brand — Fontaine Family, named for the company’s founding family — available via “most major […] Read more

Tuberculosis bacteria under an electron microscope. (Janice Haney Carr photo courtesy Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.))

Beef Cattle, Livestock

Last of trace-out quarantines lifted in bovine TB probe

By GFM Network News September 26, 2019

The last of 38 cattle herds to be checked for bovine tuberculosis in a federal trace-out investigation across three provinces has been released from movement controls. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Monday reported that a central Saskatchewan herd has now been released from controls which were imposed in December last year. CFIA said in […] Read more

Wagyu beef on skewers at a Tokyo market. (Michal_Staniewski/iStock/Getty Images)

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Japan deal levels field for U.S. beef, but sales surge unlikely

By GFM Network News September 26, 2019

Tokyo/Chicago | Reuters — U.S. beef exporters, unhappy after President Donald Trump pulled out of a multilateral trade pact in 2017, stand to sell more meat in Japan after the U.S. leader and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe cut a deal to slice into tariffs. But agriculture experts say that for now, that boost may […] Read more

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Klassen: Limited harvest progress weighs on feeder cattle

Luing cattle can navigate their native Highlands

Klassen: Adverse weather tempers feeder market

Fall is no time to slack off on a livestock mineral program

New meat recall prolongs Ryding-Regency shutdown

Klassen: Yearling prices remain firm

McDonald’s reiterates beef support during Beyond Meat test-drive

Major veal processor launches new brand, non-GMO label

Last of trace-out quarantines lifted in bovine TB probe

Japan deal levels field for U.S. beef, but sales surge unlikely

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