Beef Cattle

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Beef Cattle, Cow-Calf, Livestock

Six ways to keep your cattle wormer working

Resistance among internal parasites to broad-spectrum cattle wormers is emerging in Canada and experience in other countries leaves no reason to believe the problem won’t worsen. On the brighter side, producers here still have a fighting chance to retain the efficacy of available cattle wormers by combining parasite control strategies, says epidemiologist Dr. Fabienne Uehlinger[...]
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Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder cattle prices remain firm

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were relatively unchanged from week-ago levels, although larger groups of quality cattle were priced $3-$5 higher. Most auction barns reported small packages on offer with a larger variance in quality. However, there was limited slippage, even on late stragglers. Prices were rather surprising, with one producer noting that medium-frame, medium-[...]
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Brad Osadczuk on his ranch in Jenner, Alta.
Beef Cattle, Guide Business, Livestock

Back in business after bovine TB

When Brad Osadczuk lost his entire herd to TB, he discovered which attitudes and skills really are essential for starting over

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Reading Time: 8 minutes [Updated June 7, 2017] Brad Osadczuk’s ranch at Jenner, Alta., is eerily quiet in what would normally be the start of a very busy calving season. His pens are empty, not a cow is in sight. This calving season, Osadczuk is a different kind of busy. He must find a new normal, since losing his[...]
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Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

JBS parent to pay record fine in leniency deal

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Brasilia/Sao Paulo | Reuters — J+F Investimentos, controlling shareholder of the globe’s largest meatpacker JBS SA, agreed to pay a record-setting 10.3 billion real (C$4.3 billion) fine for its role in corruption scandals that threaten to oust President Michel Temer, Brazilian prosecutors said. The settlement means that Brazil’s three-year sweeping graft investigations have now led[...]
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Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder cattle market stabilizes

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Reading Time: 2 minutes After the recent rally, cattle buyers noted that price spreads between weight categories came back in line with traditional levels this week. Shorter-keep yearlings were steady to $4 weaker compared to seven days earlier; mid-weight cattle from 700 to 800 lbs. were relatively unchanged while feeders under 700 lbs. were $4 to $8 higher. On[...]
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Cattle drink from the Yamuna River near Agra in northern India. (CIA.gov)
Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

Indian court suspends ban on beef cattle trade

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Reading Time: < 1 minute New Delhi | Reuters — An Indian court suspended on Tuesday a government ban on the trade of cattle for slaughter, a lawyer involved in the case said, giving some relief to Muslim-dominated beef and leather industries that employ millions of poor workers. The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court suspended for four weeks[...]
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Cattle drink from the Yamuna River near Agra in northern India. (CIA.gov)
Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

India cattle trade ban to halt beef exports

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Reading Time: 2 minutes New Delhi | Reuters — India’s ban on the trade of cattle for slaughter threatens US$4 billion in annual beef exports and millions of jobs if the government does not revoke the stoppage decreed last week, according to two industry officials. In the latest setback to the Muslim-dominated meat industry, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government[...]
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Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder cattle market experiences mixed tone

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Western Canadian feeder cattle markets were rather subdued this past week; average prices were unchanged from seven days earlier. However, the bloom has come off the rose as the extreme highs from earlier in May have evaporated. Late in the week, shorter-keep cattle appeared to trade $3-$5 higher, especially on higher-quality larger groups. Major feedlot[...]
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