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VIDEO: Beef producer talks cattle feed efficiency at Canadian Western Agribition
Beef Cattle, Livestock

VIDEO: Beef producer talks cattle feed efficiency at Canadian Western Agribition

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Like most beef producers, Daniel Doerksen has some very specific ideas about what kind of cattle he likes. Most of all, he wants cattle that are feed efficient and profitable. Grainews reporter Lisa Guenther caught up with Doerksen at Canadian Western Agribition, where he had a pen of bulls on display. Guenther found out about his selection […] Read more
Beef Cattle, Markets

No bright lights ahead in beef market

Market Update with Jerry Klassen

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The fed and feeder cattle market have many fundamental factors to digest over the next few months. Alberta packers were buying fed cattle near $169 in late October, which is down from the late spring highs of $204. Breakeven values on pen closeouts are in the range of $195 to $198 so in the best-case […] Read more
Feedlots looking at negative margins this fall
Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Feedlots looking at negative margins this fall

Market update with Jerry Klassen

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Fed and feeder cattle prices have come under pressure over the past couple weeks as the market anticipates growing beef, pork and poultry supplies. The cattle complex is in a transition stage from contraction to expansion while pork and poultry have experienced production increases throughout 2015. The demand picture has also turned softer. Canada is […] Read more
Maintaining good nutrition with products such as protein blocks helps cattle as they head into winter.
Cattleman’s Corner, Cow-Calf, Livestock

Keep cows fed heading into winter

Each thin cow will need an extra bale over winter just for maintenance, never mind rebuilding

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Cows need higher-quality feed, and more of it, as pregnancy progresses. Nutrient requirements in early gestation are not much different from maintenance requirements, but as the fetus grows larger the cow’s nutrient needs increase. After calving, when a cow is lactating, she needs a much higher level of protein and energy than when she is […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Subway shifting all U.S. meat supplies to no antibiotics, ever

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Chicago | Reuters –– Sandwich chain Subway will start serving antibiotic-free chicken and turkey at its U.S. restaurants next year, and within the next nine years will stop selling any meat from animals given antibiotics, the company said Tuesday. Rivals such as Chipotle Mexican Grill and McDonald’s have announced similar supply-chain shifts, adding pressure on […] Read more
Time will tell if the Aussie beef market maintains its strength.
Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Optimism stoked the Australian cattle market

Indicators favoured a strong cattle market in Australia but time will tell if strength will be maintained

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Earlier this year I participated in a webinar sponsored by Meat and Livestock Australia and came away with some incredible optimism and understanding more clearly why the Australian cattle frenzy is continuing. The stars are indeed lining up in 2015 for Australian cattle producers and the new record prices set on a daily basis from […] Read more
Harmony Beef processing plant in limbo pending approvals
Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Harmony Beef processing plant in limbo pending approvals

Calgary pressing for a scientific environmental review of packing plant proposal

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The long-anticipated opening of the Harmony Beef processing plant just north of Calgary remains in cold storage, as the company which was supposed to begin operations nearly a year ago awaits some final approvals from Rocky View County. The plant, which was supposed to be operational in late 2014/early 2015, processing between 700 and 800 beef […] Read more
(PortMetroVancouver.com)
Beef Cattle, Canola, Cereals, Crops, Fruit/Vegetables, Hogs, Markets

Dawson: Ag exporters applaud historic TPP deal

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Export-oriented Canadian farmers are giving the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement reached in Atlanta on Monday two thumbs up. The deal, which remains to be debated in Canada’s House of Commons and could take more than a year to be ratified by all 12 member countries, will see tariffs on Canadian products in those markets eliminated […] Read more
(Tkeban Jahannes photo courtesy AtlantaGa.gov via Flickr)
General, Markets

Producer groups lobby for TPP deal in Atlanta

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Several Canadian grain and livestock commodity groups have representatives in Atlanta this week pressing for federal negotiators to keep Canada in play on the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Trade ministers from the 12 TPP countries — also including the U.S., Mexico, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Peru, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei Darussalam — are meeting in […] Read more

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