Livestock
Reading Time: 2 minutes Government cattle reports on June 23 showing a larger U. S. feedlot cattle supply but a smaller U. S. cattle herd drew mild reactions from analysts, who said the numbers should have little impact on cattle prices, which this year have been the highest since 2008. One U. S. Agriculture Department report showed the number […] Read more
U. S. Cattle Herd Lowest On Record – for Aug. 2, 2010
Danish Industry Rationalizes And Continues Efficiency Gains – for Aug. 2, 2010
Reading Time: 4 minutes Pig producers around the world have suffered from poor returns over the last couple of years, leading to industry rationalization and a focus on efficiency and cost reduction. Nowhere is this more true than in Denmark, which has one of the highest production costs of the major pig-producing nations. The Danish Agriculture and Food Council […] Read more
Dairy Researcher Values On-Farm, Hands-On Experience – for Aug. 2, 2010
Reading Time: 3 minutes alberta farmer |edmonton Dr. Masahito Oba credits watching movies in his home country of Japan for his career in dairy research. Growing up as a city boy in Osaka, the associate professor in dairy nutrition at the University of Alberta loved watching movies about the countryside and romanticized about life in the country and working […] Read more
Canadians Eating More Lamb — From Somewhere Else – for Aug. 2, 2010
Reading Time: 2 minutes af staff |vermilion Sheep numbers across the country are decreasing, even as the demand for lamb is rising, says Jennifer MacTavish, executive director of the Canadian Sheep Federation. MacTavish, who is based in Guelph, Ontario, recently attended two sheep seminars in Alberta. One of the major issues in Canada right now is the sheep supply, […] Read more
Economist sees strong cattle prices for three to five years
Consumers may be eating less beef, but there is still good news in the cattle business, says Chris Hurt, an extension economist at Purdue University. In a Purdue release, Hurt says that after several years of financial difficulty, producers show no interest in rebuilding the herd. As a result, beef supplies will continue to decline […] Read more
CCIA livestock tracking now en francais
The Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA) has launched the new French version of the Canadian Livestock Tracking System (CLTS), now available online at www.clia.livestockid.ca The CLTS website will auto detect your computer browser’s language preference, the website then will show all text in this language. The functionality of the French language version of the CLTS […] Read more
Report alleges misuse of U.S. beef checkoff funds
The Cattlemen’s Beef Board (CBB), the organization which administers funds collected on the $1 per head checkoff on U.S. cattle, has issued a statement citing improper use of checkoff funds by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), the largest U.S. beef industry association. “An independent accounting firm tested charges from NCBA to the beef checkoff […] Read more
Klassen: stronger beef demand and positive margins support feeder cattle
Feeder cattle in Western Canada were steady to $1 higher on average last week, with active feedlot demand chasing good-quality cattle. In Southern Alberta, seven-weight steers were selling for $114 to $120 while cattle in the 800- to 900-pound category were bringing back $103 to $106. Oklahoma markets saw cattle weighing 750 pounds bring back […] Read more
Alberta RFID tag discount at point of sale
The Alberta government says it is now offering its $3 point-of-sale incentive-discount to cow-calf producers at participating animal identification tag dealers across the province. The three-year program applies to radio frequency identification (RFID) tag purchases made between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2012. Eligibility is based on the number of animals a producer has, […] Read more
U.S. cattle herd smallest on record
The U.S. Department of Agriculture released two cattle reports on Friday July 23, confirming trade speculation that the U.S. herd would be the smallest since record-keeping began in 1973. USDA put the herd at 100.8 million head, down 1.2 per cent from a year ago. The reports confirmed that the cattle are being moved into […] Read more
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