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Korean beef: similar feed, but much more marbling

Better Bunks and Pastures: Hanwoo cattle are finished to higher weights than most Canadian cattle, with similar daily gains

By Peter Vitti June 27, 2024

I am going to take a month off from my regular routine. Rather than discuss the latest in Canadian beef nutrition, I am going to examine a new beef experience, almost 10,000 km west of Winnipeg, at the outskirts of Naju City in South Korea. In short order, my girlfriend and I took a two-week […] Read more

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U..S food safety regulators expand bird flu testing in milk products

Canadian cases at nil as of mid-June according to CFIA testing

By Julie Steenhuysen, Leah Douglas, Reuters June 25, 2024

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has begun testing more dairy products for evidence of the bird flu virus as outbreaks spread among dairy herds across the country.

File photo of cattle on pasture northeast of Calgary. (James_Gabbert/iStock/Getty Images)

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Canadian heifer retention tightening feeder supply

By Jerry Klassen June 25, 2024

Alberta and Saskatchewan heifer placements in the lighter weight categories are down from year-ago levels. Comments from ranchers and order buyers suggest that Western Canadian ranchers are holding back on heifers to expand the herd. This usually results in a narrowing of the steer/heifer spread.

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Bovine bird flu reports still at zero in Canada

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 20, 2024

Results of a national testing program conducted by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) released June 18 showed no evidence of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the country’s milk supply. "Commercially sold milk and milk products remain safe to consume," said a release from the CFIA and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). It was also noted that even if traces of the virus were found, the pasteurization process would have rendered them harmless.

Photo: Kelsey Pangborn/iStock/Getty Images

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Feed Grain Weekly: Wild weather in Alberta gives growers pause

By Adam Peleshaty June 20, 2024

Susanne Leclerc, owner of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton, said moisture levels in Alberta are not distributed evenly with the north seeing plenty of rain and the south becoming drier. A recent cold snap between Calgary and Edmonton plunged lows to around the freezing mark earlier this week, while snow fell over parts of the Foothills.

Livestock, News

Funding to help make cattle data gathering easier

Partnership between Angus and Holstein association will look at sharing trait information and how to automate data management

By John Greig June 19, 2024

New funding for the Canadian Angus Association and Holstein Canada will allow them to improve the data that goes into genetic evaluations and expand into new areas including carcass quality and traits that help limit the environmental impact of beef.

Shared pastures can be a biosecurity hazard as the mixed herds can bring disease back to their home herds.

Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

For your cattle, the best biosecurity offence is defence

15 plays to keep your beef herd safe

By Beef Cattle Research Council June 19, 2024

The recent passing of highly pathogenic avian influenza A into bovines in the United States has people talking about the value of biosecurity in beef cattle herds. As humankind evolved from a nomadic hunter-gatherer society into agricultural-based settlement populations, there is a reason domesticated bovine played a major role as a farmed species. Cattle are […] Read more

Dr. Cheryl Waldner presents current feedlot health and nutrition research during the Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence Field Day southeast of Saskatoon, Sask. Waldner is the Beef Cattle Research Council Industrial Research Chair in One Health and Production Limiting Diseases at the University of Saskatchewan’s Western College of Veterinary Medicine. Photo: Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

Livestock, News

LFCE Field Day covers everything from pneumonia to drought

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan June 18, 2024

Attendees took in presentations outdoors on genetics and genomics, managing forage, water and drought, plus feedlot health and management. A hot topic of conversation was the drought — or lack thereof. Much of the current research at the University of Saskatchewan focuses on drought.

Beef Cattle, Livestock, News

Maritime beef producers get price protection

Two-year pilot gives Maritime producers an equivalent program to the rest of the country

By John Greig June 18, 2024

Producers in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, and soon Nova Scotia, will have access to a program that will allow them to purchase insurance on price protection for their beef cattle in case of an unforeseen market disruption.

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Quality yearlings lead feeder complex higher

By Jerry Klassen June 18, 2024

Western Canadian feeder cattle markets were quoted $5 lower to $5 higher on average in the week ending June 15. However, quality packages of yearlings traded $5 to as much as $10 above week-ago levels

CFIA rejects beekeeper proposals on U.S. packaged bees

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures fall hard, hogs mixed

Alberta Crop Report: Scattered rains, crop conditions

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CFIA rejects beekeeper proposals on U.S. packaged bees

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures fall hard, hogs mixed

Alberta Crop Report: Scattered rains, crop conditions

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Korean beef: similar feed, but much more marbling

U..S food safety regulators expand bird flu testing in milk products

Klassen: Canadian heifer retention tightening feeder supply

Bovine bird flu reports still at zero in Canada

Feed Grain Weekly: Wild weather in Alberta gives growers pause

Funding to help make cattle data gathering easier

For your cattle, the best biosecurity offence is defence

LFCE Field Day covers everything from pneumonia to drought

Maritime beef producers get price protection

Klassen: Quality yearlings lead feeder complex higher

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