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PMRA plans to reinstate lambda-cy use in feed grain crops

PMRA to update guidance, cancel some uses in fruit

By Dave Bedard February 3, 2025

Canadian grain and oilseed growers who’d had to stop using insecticides such as Matador, Silencer and Voliam in 2023 for feed grain crops can expect to be able to use them again starting this spring. Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) on Monday (Feb. 3) announced a round of public consultations, to run until […] Read more

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Tyson lifts 2025 sales forecast, prepares for tariff impacts

Strong demand for beef and chicken

By Heather Schlitz, Neil J. Kanatt, Reuters, Tom Polansek February 3, 2025

U.S. meatpacker Tyson Foods raised its annual sales forecast on Monday as strong demand for beef and chicken helped it exceed first-quarter results estimates, lifting shares three per cent.

Throughout history, barbed wire has been important in protecting range rights. Photo: Jacqueline Nix/iStock/Getty Images Plus

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US will allow Mexican beef imports to resume, says Mexican minister

By Reuters February 1, 2025

The United States will permit Mexican beef imports to resume after signing memorandums to lift a temporary suspension, Mexico's agriculture chief wrote in a post on social media site X on Saturday.

When a heifer calves, she’s hopefully worth at least as much as when she was a bred heifer — and probably retains that value for at least a couple of years.

Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner, Columns

Flipping cow depreciation on its head

Costs of Production: Open cows have a huge effect — especially when they are two-year-olds

By Sean McGrath February 1, 2025

I am keenly interested in cow depreciation and in fact have written about it in past Grainews columns. It is one of the largest direct expenses on a cow-calf operation — usually only behind feed — and it is worth touching on again in the wake of current record-high prices. First as a reminder, Figure […] Read more

Tyler Fulton presents at the Saskatchewan Beef Industry Conference. While there, he focused on the potential threat of tariffs. Photo: Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

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Threat of tariffs looms at Saskatchewan Beef Industry Conference

Cattle groups take advocacy to U.S. livestock producers, say they need to know how tariffs will affect them

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan January 30, 2025

The Canadian Cattle Association says threatened 25 per cent tariffs would cut Canadian wholesale beef prices by 13 per cent, but effects would be tempered slightly by the low Canadian dollar.

Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner, Columns, Markets

Feeder cattle prices should remain at historical highs in 2025

The Markets: Heifer retention is expected this year in both Canada and the U.S.

By Jerry Klassen January 30, 2025

At the time of writing this article in the latter half of December, U.S. and Canadian feeder cattle prices were trading at or near historical highs. I’ve received many inquiries from cattle producers regarding the price outlook for feeder cattle in 2025. The benchmark for the western Canadian feeder market is central Alberta. During December […] Read more

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Efficiency called key to reducing beef industry carbon footprint

Focus on improving production efficiency around the world, not eating less meat says JBS scientist

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan January 29, 2025

Efficiency is key when it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the beef sector said Sarah Klopatek at the Saskatchewan Beef Industry Conference on January 29 in Saskatoon, Sask.

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures correct off highs

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 29, 2025

Live and fed cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange backed away from their contract highs on Wednesday, as chart-based positioning weighed on values.

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EU agencies track bird flu virus variants on increasing threat to humans

By Reuters January 29, 2025

Two European regulators said on Wednesday they were tracking variants of the bird flu virus due to the threat of the pathogen adapting to spread between humans and triggering future pandemics.

As cattle have gotten larger, their requirements for water grow.

Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner, Columns

Larger cattle need more water

Animal Health: Long-term trends in the beef sector continue to evolve

By Roy Lewis January 29, 2025

The only constant is change and I have seen a lot of changes in beef production; this article will outline some of them. With lots of evidence of warmer summers, water access is paramount in most of our eyes. There’s more capacity for access by all classes of cattle, including from newly designed water troughs […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Cattle markets up ahead of report

U.S. grains: Soybean futures fall after Trump-Xi call

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Western Canadian bids slightly decline

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