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Klassen: Feeder market recovers from weather discount

By Jerry Klassen April 23, 2024

Compared to last week, backgrounded yearlings traded $4-$8/cwt higher on average. Calves were quite variable with prices quoted from unchanged to as much as $10 higher. Overall, there appeared to be stronger buying interest this week across all weight categories.

Dairy farmer Brent Pollard walks past and examines the cow pen at a cattle farm in Rockford, Illinois, U.S., April 9, 2024. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska

General, Livestock

Several factors favour bovine influenza A detection on dairy versus beef farms

By GFM Network News April 19, 2024

University of Montreal faculty member Dr. Jean-Pierre Vaillaincourt said there are several reasons why dairy farms are more likely bovine hosts.

Pigeons, grackles and blackbirds have been confirmed as the host of bovine influenza A.
Photo: Izzetugutmen/iStock/Getty Images

General, Livestock

Domestic birds confirmed as hosts for bovine influenza A virus

Epidemiologist says there is “still lots” to investigate about how virus jumped from from birds to dairy cattle

By GFM Network News April 18, 2024

Domestic birds that live in and around barns have been confirmed as the avian hosts of an outbreak on dairy farms in the United States of highly pathogenic avian influenza.

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Adverse weather weighs on Western Canadian feeder market

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News April 16, 2024

Southern Alberta has received over 200 percent of normal precipitation over the past 30 days. Pen conditions are rated poor to very poor in the main feeding pockets of Alberta. Saskatchewan and Manitoba have received less than 40 per cent of normal while Central Alberta has normal to below normal precipitation.

Livestock, Markets

Bovine flu a reminder of risk management in markets

While recent price drops have limited options, cow-calf producers can still lock in a profit, says market analyst

By Lisa Guenther, GFM Network News April 15, 2024

The fundamentals still look strong for cattle prices, despite recent hiccups in the futures market, says a market analyst, but for those buying stockers, a little risk management can go a long way.

Dairy cattle graze beneath windmills on a Danish dairy farm in 2022. Photo: Geralyn Wichers

General, Livestock, Reuters

Denmark bets on cow feed additive to reduce methane emissions

The Nordic country has pledged to reduce emissions by 70 per cent by 2030 compared to 1990 levels.

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 15, 2024

Denmark has agreed to help farmers finance a feed additive that is expected to reduce methane emissions from cattle by up to 30 per cent, as part of efforts to meet ambitious climate goals, its government said on Monday.

First calf heifers are maturing, feeding a calf, and often going through teeth changes at the same time.

Cattleman’s Corner, Cow-Calf

The teenage years, beef cow edition

First-calf beef heifers are going through the biggest challenges of their lives and need some support

By Sean McGrath April 11, 2024

Anyone reading this column who has been a teenager or has raised one can appreciate how challenging and interesting those years can be. Even good teenagers can be expensive. In our beef cattle production systems, the teenage role is filled by replacement heifers, and like teenagers a bit of understanding about the changes they are […] Read more

File photo of cattle being rounded up at a southern Alberta ranch. (Design Pics/Getty Images)

General, Livestock

Beef stakeholders invited to weigh in on code of practice

Canada’s Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Beef Cattle to be updated

By Alexis Kienlen, GFM Network News April 11, 2024

The Canadian Cattle Association has initiated an update to the Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Beef Cattle.

General, Livestock, Reuters

Bird flu pushes US dairy farmers to ban visitors, chop trees

North Carolina joins total states reporting outbreaks of avian influenza dairy herds

By Reuters, Tom Polansek, GFM Network News April 11, 2024

Dairy farmers in the United States are raising their defenses to try to contain the spread of bird flu: banning visitors, cutting down trees to discourage wild birds from landing, and disinfecting vehicles coming onto their land.

General, Livestock

Seventeen U.S. states restrict cattle imports from avian flu-infected areas

By Jeff Melchior, GFM Network News April 10, 2024

Several U.S. states have restricted cattle imports from states that have seen infections of avian influenza Type A H5N1 in dairy herds.

Daily Network News

New U.S. biofuel rules please canola industry

Trump tells farmers that tractor companies should lower prices

Get farmers in on federal water security strategy planning, CFA says

Livestock

Klassen: Feeder market recovers from weather discount

Several factors favour bovine influenza A detection on dairy versus beef farms

Domestic birds confirmed as hosts for bovine influenza A virus

Klassen: Adverse weather weighs on Western Canadian feeder market

Bovine flu a reminder of risk management in markets

Denmark bets on cow feed additive to reduce methane emissions

The teenage years, beef cow edition

Beef stakeholders invited to weigh in on code of practice

Bird flu pushes US dairy farmers to ban visitors, chop trees

Seventeen U.S. states restrict cattle imports from avian flu-infected areas

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