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Klassen: Western Canadian calf market surges

By Jerry Klassen October 29, 2024

For the week ending 26, Western Canadian calf markets were up $8-$12/cwt on average compared to seven days earlier. Pee-wee calves were up $20-$25/cwt compared to the prior week. Finishing feedlot operators were active buyers in all weight categories while backgrounders were cleaning up on smaller packages of calves under 550 pounds.

File photo of a desk in Canada’s Senate. (Dougall_Photography/iStock/Getty Images)

Livestock, News

Biosecurity bill C-275 amended in Senate

By Geralyn Wichers October 25, 2024

Bill C-275, which was drafted protect farms from intruders who might spread animal diseases was amended in the Senate yesterday to include anyone who doesn’t respect biosecurity protocol.

Dry matter intakes, finished weights, average daily gains and gain:feed of steers fed a standard barley-based control diet were not statistically different from those of the steers fed any of the three corn diets in a recent comparison study.

Corn Production Guide, Finishers, Guides

Corn in western Canadian feedlot diets

The production risk still must be bred out of Prairie-grown corn before it can reach its full potential in feedlots

By Reynold Bergen October 25, 2024

Corn acreage is expanding across Canada. There are about 25 acres of corn for every acre of barley in Ontario and Quebec, where temperatures, day length and moisture allow predictable corn yields and feed quality. There are around eight acres of barley for every acre of corn in the Prairies, although ambitious breeding efforts are […] Read more

Al Oeming’s Edmonton-area game farm, shown here in the 1963 film 'Noah of the North,' served as a reservoir for vanishing and even vanished animal species.

Columns, Livestock, Practical Tips

Where species conservation was the aim of the game

Practical Research: The Alberta Game Farm was the visionary innovation of a remarkable Canadian

By Ieuan Evans October 24, 2024

When I moved from Guelph to Edmonton in 1974, I quickly found out Alberta had the world’s biggest and most innovative game farm. It was called the Alberta Game Farm, later called Polar Park, some 25 km west of the city. This farm, situated on 500 hectares (1,236 acres), was truly incredible. The huge open-air […] Read more

Livestock, News

Three new cases of bird flu in B.C. poultry

By Geralyn Wichers October 22, 2024

British Columbia has three new cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) among commercial poultry flocks in the Abbotsford and Chilliwack areas.

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Canadian feeder markets trades premium to U.S. values

By Jerry Klassen October 22, 2024

For the week ending October 19, Western Canadian yearling markets traded $3 to $5 on either side of unchanged compared to seven days earlier. Calf prices were $5 to as much as $10 higher. Strength in the deferred live cattle futures along with the weaker Canadian dollar has resulted in positive margins on incoming calves. Therefore, the calf market has developed a floor price.

Livestock, News

No active bird flu outbreaks among Canadian poultry, CFIA says

By Geralyn Wichers October 21, 2024

There are no active outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza among Canadian poultry farms, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said today.

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, News, Reuters

Bird flu cases presumed in four Washington farm workers, state says

By Reuters, Tom Polansek October 21, 2024

Bird flu is presumed to have infected four poultry workers in Washington state, making it the sixth U.S. state to identify human cases this year, according to the Washington State Department of Health.

Dairy Cattle, News

Canada will defend dairy sector against New Zealand trade dispute say ministers

New Zealand on Friday triggered mandatory negotiations over longstanding dairy disagreement

By Geralyn Wichers October 21, 2024

The federal government says it will defend Canada's dairy sector after New Zealand escalated a long-running trade dispute over Canadian dairy market access.

China’s pork production in the third quarter fell 0.8 per cent from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, falling on an annual basis for a third consecutive quarter as poor meat consumption hampered slaughter rates. Photo: Deyanarobova/iStock/Getty Images

Livestock, Reuters

China’s pork output logs third year-on-year quarterly decline

By Mei Mei Chu, Reuters October 18, 2024

China's pork production in the third quarter fell 0.8 per cent from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, falling on an annual basis for a third consecutive quarter as poor meat consumption hampered slaughter rates.

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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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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Klassen: Western Canadian calf market surges

Biosecurity bill C-275 amended in Senate

Corn in western Canadian feedlot diets

Where species conservation was the aim of the game

Three new cases of bird flu in B.C. poultry

Klassen: Canadian feeder markets trades premium to U.S. values

No active bird flu outbreaks among Canadian poultry, CFIA says

Bird flu cases presumed in four Washington farm workers, state says

Canada will defend dairy sector against New Zealand trade dispute say ministers

China’s pork output logs third year-on-year quarterly decline

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