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Banding properly applied worked well to remove mature horns 
with minimal discomfort.
Cattleman’s Corner, Cow-Calf, Livestock

Banding worked well for dehorning

Cattle displayed some discomfort but it didn't last long

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Cattle with horns can be anything from an irritant to a real problem for producers. They are usually more aggressive than the polled or dehorned animals because they know they have a weapon. They can hurt other cattle by head butting them to get them to move away from feed or water. They can also […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Hogs dip from two-week high, await trade news
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs dip from two-week high, await trade news

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures retreated on Wednesday after four straight sessions of gains in a technical and profit-taking setback from two-week highs as investors awaited new developments in U.S.-China trade negotiations. Cattle futures also fell broadly, although worries about a late-winter snowstorm forecast for the beef cattle-producing U.S. Plains underpinned the […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Hog futures set two-week peak on pork price hopes
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hog futures set two-week peak on pork price hopes

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures jumped to two-week highs on Tuesday amid hopes for increased pork prices, which have been under pressure from large supplies and weakened demand from China. Wholesale pork prices, known as the cutout, rose by $1.01 on Monday to $62.93/cwt for carcasses, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture […] Read more
In this swath grazing experiment, yearlings working their way 
across a paddock where Phalaris was swathed while it was growing, 
with some green regrowth as well.
Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Testing swath grazing in Australia

The climate is totally different, but the season is the same

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Editor’s Note: Keep in mind seasons in Australia are reversed: spring — September to November; summer — December to February; autumn — March to May, and winter — June to August.  Most graziers, at least in Western Canada, equate swath grazing to images of cows with snow on their back line and with frozen muzzle […] Read more
The Lift is a automated device for cutting into open face of a silage pit. In this photo the Shuttle Eco robotic feed cart has arrived, at left, and stopped next to the Lift which will load it with fresh silage.
Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner

EU beef producers ready for robotic feeders

Systems can feed precise rations 24 hours a day

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With labour shortages increasing across the agricultural industry internationally, robotic feeding is set to play a significant part on livestock farms in the future. In Europe and other parts of the world, small and large beef units, even outdoor feedlots, are all targets for autonomous feeding systems backed up by the latest sensors, clouds and […] Read more
(Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Hogs, Livestock

One Alberta PED case deemed ‘false positive’

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The third of four reported on-farm outbreaks of porcine epidemic diarrhea in Alberta so far this year can now be marked as a negative. The provincial government and hog producer agency Alberta Pork on Monday announced the first of two cases reported Friday was in fact a “false positive.” Specifically, Alberta Pork said Monday, the […] Read more

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