SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) — JBS, the world’s largest meat packer, has reduced cattle purchases from ranches with “irregularities” such as illegal deforestation, federal prosecutors found in their latest round of audits in the Amazonian state of Para. Prosecutors said in a briefing that six percent of JBS’s audited cattle purchases came from farms potentially […] Read more
Beef cattle
Canfax report
This cattle market information is selected from the weekly report from Canfax, a division of the Canadian Cattle Association. More market information, analysis and statistics are available by becoming a Canfax subscriber by calling 403-275-5110 or at www.canfax.ca. Fed market steady There was little pressure to market cattle last week, but the market tone was […] Read more
Stocker calf prices boom, but cow herd rebuild unlikely
Much higher prices for beef stocker calves in the fall run have increased optimism and profits for cow-calf producers after a few challenging years. “It’s much needed to keep our industry going because our cow-calf guys are working hard on breaking even and doing everything they can to do that, winter grazing and lowering feed […] Read more
Targeted feed assistance under fire in Sask.
Livestock producers question targeting AgriRecovery to certain areas, saying it should have been offered to everyone
HERBERT, Sask. — Applications for the latest livestock program assistance program are open in Saskatchewan but some cattle producers are less than enthused about this version of AgriRecovery. They’d prefer something like the 2021 drought recovery program that paid $200 per head to all producers. The 2023 program is targeted to certain areas and pays […] Read more
Producers oppose carbon tax bill amendment
A Senate amendment to a private member’s bill would exempt grain drying but not barn heating and greenhouses
Farm organizations and farmers across the country urge senators to defeat an amendment to Bill C-234 that removed barns and greenhouses from a potential carbon pricing exemption. The proposed changes mean the bill, which would amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, would exempt natural gas and propane used for grain drying but not barn […] Read more
Manure management big focus at farm show
Moving all that waste out of the barns at Manitoba Ag Ex takes a lot of time and money, but it’s a job that must be done
BRANDON — Tens of thousands of times last week, cows plopped, splatted and splashed patties in the barns, hallways and rings of the Keystone Centre in Brandon. And thousands of times cattle producers, especially young ones with little family rank, shoveled and forked up the brown pies, carrying them to manure carts that would be emptied […] Read more
Sprawling Alberta ranch on the market with big price tag
The owner of a 25,000-acre operation in eastern Alberta that is focused solely on raising cattle is asking $45 million
It’s a big price tag for a ranch but worth it, says the owner of a massive everything-you-need operation located on the banks of Alberta’s Red Deer River. Simon Schonhofer, who ranches near Jenner, Alta., in Special Areas No. 2, is asking $45 million for the operation. It is definitely an eye-catching property with a […] Read more
Ergot recommendations tightened
New research suggests increased caution with ergot-infected feed; maximum levels are increased to one part per million
Cattle producers in Western Canada should pay more attention to ergot levels in their feed after new research found that previously recommended levels should be lower. Research conducted by Dr. Gabriel Ribeiro and others at the University of Saskatchewan has led to recommendations that cattle not consume feed with more than one part per million […] Read more
Ureaplasma may be more than just a fertility problem
The bacteria Ureaplasma diversum, a common inhabitant of the genital tract of cattle, was first isolated in 1969 and originally wasn’t considered to be a disease threat. However, subsequent research, mostly in Canadian veterinary colleges in the 1970s and 1980s, suggested that Ureaplasma could be associated with failure of pregnancy at various times of gestation […] Read more
Canfax report
This cattle market information is selected from the weekly report from Canfax, a division of the Canadian Cattle Association. More market information, analysis and statistics are available by becoming a Canfax subscriber by calling 403-275-5110 or at www.canfax.ca. Range-bound fed market The Alberta fed market has been range bound for 10 straight weeks. Dressed sales […] Read more
