Reading Time: 3 minutes Cow-calf producers in Western Canada should have a well-designed plan for winter confinement period to reduce disease risks to herd.
Biosecurity during calving: What’s your farm’s risk?
A well-designed plan for winter confinement period is essential to reduce disease risk for your herd
Scours doesn’t hibernate: Infectious risks for cold weather calves
Identifying specific pathogens and management flaws is essential for effective calf scours treatment and prevention on your farm
Reading Time: 4 minutes Identifying specific pathogens and management flaws is essential for effective calf scours treatment and prevention on your farm.
Calf vaccination timing: why one size doesn’t fit all
Intranasal vaccines are common, but aren't right for every herd
Reading Time: 4 minutes Experts say for calf vaccinations to be most effective, it requires using a tailored approach for each herd.
Klassen: Feeder Cattle Market Waits For Direction
For the week ending January 31, Western Canadian feeder markets were relatively unchanged from seven days earlier. Adverse weather in southern Alberta may have tempered buying interest for lighter weight calves. Alberta packers were buying fed cattle on a dressed basis in the range of $508-$510 per hundredweight delivered, steady to $2/cwt higher than last […] Read more
Alberta Beef Producers gives update on potential withdrawal from CCA
Finances, governance structure remain the key issues for the commission
Reading Time: 3 minutes Alberta Beef Producers chair Doug Roxburgh discusses ABP’s plan to leave CCA during a producer’s meeting.
Klassen: Western Canadian calf prices ratchet higher
For the week ending January 24, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $10/cwt lower to $10/cwt higher compared to seven days earlier. The market was quite variable depending on flesh conditions and genetic quality. Prices for backgrounded yearlings or fall placed calves were steady to $5 higher on larger packages on controlled weight gain diets; […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end week higher
Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were stronger on Friday, with positioning ahead of a major winter storm set to move through the United States providing support.
U.S. livestock: Cattle steady ahead of feed report
Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange held close to unchanged on Thursday, with the bias lower in the most active months.
Canadian beef could be headed to China by next week says agriculture minister
The Canadian Cattle Association (CCA) says the Chinese market will re-open to Canadian beef — though details are still scant.
Klassen: Feeder market near historical highs
For the week ending January 17, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $5/cwt lower to $10/cwt higher compared to the week ending January 10. The market was quite variable across the Prairies with weather conditions influencing the price structure. Overall, there was very strong demand with Ontario and Southern Alberta feedlots aggressively working to secure […] Read more
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