Livestock
Alberta Beef Producers is looking for new blood to come forward for elections to delegate positions at producer meetings hosted throughout the province in late October and early November. “We’d like to encourage producers to put their names forward to help provide leadership for our industry,” ABP chairman said Chuck Maclean said in a release. […] Read more
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N.L. to build livestock disease lab, boost ag research
Livestock and crop producers in Newfoundland and Labrador are expected to benefit from over $11 million in public funds aimed at boosting preparedness for foreign animal diseases and expanding ag research. The two levels of government on Thursday announced a $3.9 million contribution for the province’s Foreign Animal Disease Preparedness and Specified Risk Materials (SRM) […] Read more
Klassen: Yearling prices soften on record U.S. placements
Yearling prices were steady to $2 per hundredweight lower on average last week while calves were steady to $2 higher. Shortkeep steers came under pressure as the industry anticipated record-large U.S. feedlot placements during July. Feedlot demand started to subside given the uncertainty in the fed market. However, by the end of the week, Alberta […] Read more
Canada’s cattle herd shrinks, hog supplies rise
Canada’s cattle herd shrank as of July 1 to its smallest in 17 years, while the number of hogs rose by mid-year for the first time in five years, Statistics Canada said Monday. Farmers had nearly 13.9 million head of cattle on their farms, down 0.8 per cent from a year ago, continuing a six-year […] Read more
Ont. rural development fund backs Maple Leaf turkey plant
A $2.6 million investment in new equipment and expansions at one of Maple Leaf’s turkey processing plants in southwestern Ontario is the latest on a long list of rural development grants to the province’s meat sector. The provincial Rural Economic Development program on Wednesday pledged $2,617,656 to Maple Leaf Consumer Foods’ Cold Springs Farm, a […] Read more
Feed barley expecting harvest pressure
With harvest operations getting ready to being across the Prairies, the price of feed barley has seen a decline of late, and more losses are expected to occur in the next six weeks to two months. Errol Anderson, president of Pro Market Communications in Calgary, said bids are currently bringing around $200 per tonne, but […] Read more
Nestle gets public backing for Ont. expansion
Nestle Canada’s foodservice division has picked up a $1.5 million provincial grant toward a major expansion at Trenton in eastern Ontario. Nestle Professional said it plans to add 30,000 square feet of manufacturing and storage space at its Trenton plant, where it makes foods and beverages for the restaurant, airline and institutional markets. The expansion […] Read more
Olymel bacon plant pulls back goods over listeria
Pork processor Olymel’s foodservice arm has mounted a recall of over 170 tonnes of bacon products following a positive test last month in the U.S. for listeria. The Quebec processor’s Aliments Prince plant at Cornwall, Ont. is recalling about 380,000 pounds of precooked, diced bacon products sold under five different brand names, the U.S. government’s […] Read more
Editors’ Picks: Bleak message to Texas cattle producers
Just get out. That’s the bleak message from a Texas A+M University forage specialist to cattle producers who have gone through the driest 12 months in the state’s history. With little to no grazing and hay, should livestock producers continue to try to buy feed, move cattle to another state or just sell out? “It […] Read more
Klassen: Feeder cattle strengthen on larger volume
Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were steady to $3 per hundredweight (cwt) higher on average last week. Volumes are starting to increase at most auction barns now that the yearling run is well underway. Labour Day demand and a weak Canadian dollar caused Alberta fed steers to reach a high of $107/cwt, up $3-$4/cwt. Strength […] Read more
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