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Follow these tips for safe cattle injections

Administering medications properly can improve efficacy and decrease risk

By Beef Cattle Research Council February 6, 2024

Over the last two decades, great strides have been made in standardizing beef cattle injection techniques and methods. Today, there are animal injection best practices that have become widely known in the beef industry as “just the right thing to do.” These cattle injection techniques are recommended to help farmers produce safe beef for the […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Total US cattle herd drops to lowest level since 1951 – USDA

Easing dryness could encourage ranchers to begin rebuilding beef herds

By Reuters, Tom Polansek, GFM Network News February 2, 2024

Chicago | Reuters - The total number of U.S. cattle fell to its lowest level since 1951 as of Jan. 1, in the herd's fifth consecutive year of decline, U.S. Department of Agriculture data showed on Wednesday.

Cows on a Grunthal, Man. dairy farm. (Manitoba Co-operator photo by Geralyn Wichers)

Livestock

First-of-its-kind cattle methane limiter approved for Canada

Enteric methane emissions from cattle contributes 3.3 per cent of Canada’s total GHG emissions

By Jeff Melchior, GFM Network News January 31, 2024

A feed ingredient designed to reduce methane emissions in beef and dairy cattle has received market authorization in Canada.

Livestock

Beef marks GHG drop: report

Assessment reveals industry has reduced emissions by 15 per cent

By Jeff Melchior, GFM Network News January 22, 2024

Producing a kilogram of boneless beef cuts today involves 15 per cent fewer greenhouse gas emissions than in 2014, according to the recently released National Beef Sustainability Assessment (NBSA) and Strategy report.

Livestock, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Several factors weighing on prices

Warm weather means less feed needed, easier movement says analyst

By GFM Network News January 4, 2024

Feed grain prices across the Canadian Prairies are expected to continue falling back for the next few months due to a number of reasons, according to Evan Peterson of JGL Commodities in Saskatoon, Sask.

Cattleman’s Corner, Columns, Cow-Calf

Providing proper mineral mix the first step to meet cattle nutrient needs

It's one thing to put it out there, but another to make sure they eat it

By Peter Vitti December 15, 2023

Many commercial cattle minerals can be fed on a free-choice basis to gestating beef cows until calving. But even the best of these products fail if cows don’t eat enough, or engorge themselves. Mineral intake problems must be corrected quickly so cows can either maintain or build a mineral (and vitamin) status which contributes to […] Read more

General, Reuters

Brazilian state launches mandatory tracking of cattle to stop deforestation

The state government plans to track all 24 million cattle in the Para region by the end of 2026

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 1, 2023

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s Para state, which leads the country for the highest levels of Amazon rainforest destruction, will launch a mandatory program to track cattle in a bid to crack down on related deforestation, a partner in the project said on Friday. Cattle pasture is the most common initial use for deforested […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock

FCC to offer beef heifer replacement loans

Loan program for those wanting to build, maintain herds

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News October 17, 2023

Cattle producers wanting to expand or maintain herds — in a time of nationwide herd contraction — are the expected beneficiaries for a new loan program from Farm Credit Canada. FCC on Tuesday announced what it calls the Replacement Heifer Program, consisting of a loan with a maximum loan life of seven years and a […] Read more

According to 2019 data, in Canada, registered breeds totalled 118,816 cattle, of which, 56,003, almost 50 per cent, were Angus.

Columns

Do you know your cattle?

Notes on Canada’s dairy and beef breeds

By Ieuan Evans October 7, 2023

The cattle breeds I knew as a teenager are gradually disappearing. When it comes to milk breeds, we have essentially one type of cow, the black and white Holstein, which makes up 94 per cent of Canada’s dairy herds. Holstein is a misnomer in my thinking since in Wales we called them Dutch Friesians. I […] Read more

It is important to crunch the numbers to determine if backgrounding pays. This may not be the year.

Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner, Columns

Economics of backgrounding didn’t pencil out

With high feed costs, this example of adding 300 pounds over winter was a losing proposition

By Peter Vitti September 29, 2023

Years ago, I took one of my first beef marketing courses from a professor who wore a clean white lab coat to class. There was nothing wrong with that, but his previous class was a red meat-cutting class. One of the first thing he taught us is how to determine background-feeding profit. If its expenses […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle hit contract highs on tight supply

U.S. grains: Soybeans tumble on doubts over U.S.-China trade progress

Alberta harvest wrapping up: report

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