Livestock ManagementManitoba
The numbers are in after the first year of a four-year pilot program offering price insurance to livestock producers. The Western Livestock Price Insurance Program was announced early last year and modelled after an existing program in Alberta. It is intended to help producers ride out the highs and lows of the cattle market by […] Read more
Livestock Management
Alta. ranchers top users in price insurance plan; little interest for hogs
How to treat minor health issues
COCHRANE, Alta. — Horse owners need to know basic first aid because a veterinarian is not always nearby. “First aid is something every horse owner should know,” said Calgary horse trainer Ron Anderson. Horse owners can learn to treat minor problems, administer de-wormers and give vaccinations, he told a horse workshop held in Coch-rane April […] Read more
Diligent biosecurity halts disease spread
PED has heightened awareness of how diseases can spread, especially from farm to farm through livestock trailers
A deadly virus that killed millions of pigs in the United States motivated a Canadian trucking company to get innovative when attempting to keep disease out of its livestock trailers. “The PED (porcine epidemic diarrhea) virus came along and we were looking at ways to heat the trailers and kill some of the bacteria and […] Read more
Video: Canada’s agricultural markets updates – May 13, 2015
D’Arce McMillan, The Western Producer markets editor, monitors trends in the North American and global agricultural markets. Each week he hosts two markets videos, crops and livestock. The videos are designed to help viewers understand the forces responsible for changes in the trade. If agricultural markets are important to you, we have you covered. Crops: […] Read more
CME live cattle futures jump on beef price bounce, hogs mixed
By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, May 13 (Reuters) – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle gained Wednesday on short-covering following a snapback in wholesale beef values, traders said. June closed up 0.500 cent per pound to 151.975 cents, and August 1.000 cent higher at 150.650 cents. Wednesday morning’s Choice wholesale beef price climbed $1.73 per hundredweight (cwt) […] Read more
CME live cattle, hogs end higher after volatile session
By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, May 12 (Reuters) – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled higher on Tuesday after a choppy day, partly supported by rising wholesale beef values, traders said. Tuesday morning’s Choice wholesale beef price climbed $1.28 per hundredweight from Monday to $260.85. Select cuts gained 20 cents to $248.30 per cwt., the […] Read more
CME live cattle gains fade as funds roll positions; hogs weaker
By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, May 11 (Reuters) – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Monday, paring early advances, after funds sold or rolled their June positions and bought deferred months, traders said. Funds trading in CME’s live cattle and hog markets shifted June long positions further back in a procedure known as […] Read more
Experts eye retina for BSE link
U.S. researchers found infected animals respond more slowly to light and the retina begins to thin
A cow’s eyes are a window to the animal’s brain, say American researchers studying BSE. In a recently published paper, scientists with Iowa State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture document how they used retina tests to detect animals infected with the disease months before they showed traditional signs of illness. Today, their tests […] Read moreProfit-taking ends CME hog futures 3-day uptrend
CHICAGO, May 7 (Reuters) – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures finished lower Thursday on profit-taking after three consecutive days of gains, traders said. May hogs closed 0.500 cent per lb lower at 79.850 cents per lb, and June down 0.550 cent to 83.500 cents per lb. Despite strong pork cutout values, investors were nervous […] Read more
Training methods vary with horse’s personality
RED DEER, Alta. — Horses have personality types, just as people do. Linda Parelli, who developed a Horsenality profile chart to better understand horses, said it’s important for people to know which type of horse they are riding. If riders know whether a horse is introverted, or extroverted, left brained or right brained, they will […] Read more
