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This file photo shows a rack of blood samples being tested for bovine tuberculosis in New Zealand dairy cattle. (Lakeview_Images/iStock/Getty Images)

Six more cattle herds to be tested in TB probe

By GFM Network News December 17, 2018

Updated, Dec. 20 — Cattle from four more herds in British Columbia and two in Alberta are now being tested for bovine tuberculosis as officials probe the country’s latest domestic case of the disease. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Monday reported the six herds are now under “movement controls” while TB testing is underway. […] Read more

Crops

G3 plans new Edmonton-area grain elevator

By Glacier FarmMedia staff, GFM Network News December 15, 2018

Grain handler G3 Canada has announced its third move into Alberta, with plans for an elevator near Morinville, about 25 km north of Edmonton. The Winnipeg company said Thursday it will start construction “shortly” at its chosen site just west of town, connecting to Canadian National Railway (CN) track on the north side of Highway […] Read more

Fall rye flowering in south-central Manitoba. (Allan Dawson photo)

Crops, Weather, Winter Wheat

Fall rye’s popularity catching on Prairies

By GFM Network News December 7, 2018

CNS Canada — It’s good and bad news when it comes to winter cereal acreage in Western Canada. Winter wheat acres in Manitoba and Saskatchewan are down this fall, while acreage in Alberta increased, and fall rye acres in all provinces rose. “I think a lot of the guys that were growing winter wheat have […] Read more

CME August 2019 live cattle (red) and January 2019 feeder cattle (blue). (Barchart)

Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market searching for direction

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News December 4, 2018

Western Canadian feeder cattle markets were quite variable from seven days earlier. Prices were unchanged in the eastern Prairie regions; however, Alberta markets traded $3 to as much as $7 below week-ago levels. Alberta and Saskatchewan feedlot inventories are running 16 per cent above year-ago levels, so there’s limited buying power available. Calves are fleshier […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock

Alberta cattle producers vote to keep refundable checkoff

By GFM Network News December 3, 2018

Preliminary results in Alberta beef producers’ service charge plebiscite put a slim majority in favour of keeping their checkoff refundable. Out of 1,874 votes cast, 962 votes, or 51.3 per cent, fell in favour of a refundable service charge model, with 908 for a non-refundable model and four ballots spoiled, according to the preliminary figures […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

Alberta to buy rail cars for oil

By GFM Network News November 28, 2018

Ottawa | Reuters — The Alberta government is in talks to buy rail cars to transport 120,000 barrels per day of crude oil and expects a deal to conclude within weeks, Premier Rachel Notley said Wednesday, as the province takes actions to move oil stuck in the region because of a lack of pipeline capacity. […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Spring Wheat, Weather

Alberta farmers try to wrap up ‘very unusual year’

By GFM Network News November 23, 2018

CNS Canada — As winter approaches, producers in Alberta are still in the fields trying to wrap up the last bit of the 2018 harvest. According to the final crop report issued by Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, about six per cent of all crops were still in the field at the end of October. The […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Durum, red spring wheat head to feed market

By GFM Network News November 22, 2018

CNS Canada — Feed grain prices have fluctuated very little over the past few weeks according to one Alberta-based commodities trader. Jim Beusekom, president of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge, said corn has been getting $245-$250 per tonne. There is plenty of corn available in the U.S. and its price is often the cap on […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Softer demand causes feeder prices to weaken

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News November 19, 2018

Compared to last week, Alberta feeder cattle markets traded $4 to as much as $8 lower; however, Manitoba and Saskatchewan prices experienced a week-over-week decline of $3 to $5 on average. Demand from Eastern Canada appeared to limit slippage in the eastern Prairie regions but some of these markets also faltered late in the week. […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Weather weighs on feeder cattle

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News November 13, 2018

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $3 to as much as $6 lower. Eastern Prairie regions experienced demand from Ontario and Quebec, which limited the downside; however, Alberta markets faltered as buyers, having factored in a higher deathloss due to adverse weather. Light wet snow along with warmer temperatures during the […] Read more

GFM Network News

Nestle quits global alliance on reducing dairy methane emissions

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures gain on higher beef values, tight supplies

Mail strike disrupts grain sample delivery

Tag Archives Alberta

Six more cattle herds to be tested in TB probe

G3 plans new Edmonton-area grain elevator

Fall rye’s popularity catching on Prairies

Klassen: Feeder market searching for direction

Alberta cattle producers vote to keep refundable checkoff

Alberta to buy rail cars for oil

Alberta farmers try to wrap up ‘very unusual year’

Feed weekly outlook: Durum, red spring wheat head to feed market

Klassen: Softer demand causes feeder prices to weaken

Klassen: Weather weighs on feeder cattle

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