HOGS FALL Ample hog supply lowered prices. Iowa-southern Minnesota cash hogs delivered to plants closed at $61 US per hundredweight Nov. 18, down from $62 Nov. 11. The cash U.S. pork carcass cut-out value closed at $90.18 Nov. 18, down from $90.53 Nov. 11. The U.S. federal weekly slaughter estimate was 2.36 million, up from […] Read more
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Western Producer Livestock Report – for Nov. 24, 2011
Alberta land bill changes to be tabled this week
Amendments to a controversial land bill are to be tabled in the Alberta legislature this week. In a news conference Nov. 18, Alberta infrastructure minister Jeff Johnson said he planned to present amendments to the Land Assembly Project Area Act (LAPA), formerly known as Bill 19, to address landowners’ concerns. The act outlines the process […] Read more
Prudent use of antimicrobials wards off resistance
TORONTO – Not every bug needs a drug. That is the message many public health programs hope to deliver about responsible antibiotic use as more bacteria develop resistance to a host of medicines used in human and veterinary care. Acquired resistance could make even common infections difficult, if not impossible to treat. The third international […] Read more
Pulse expertise
Dr. Bert Vandenberg, the principal lentil breeder at the U of S Crop Development Centre is running for election to the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers board of directors. It’s at a time when his expertise and perspective are most needed. Bert has been a supporter of pulse growers since the organization began in the mid eighties. […] Read more
Horse near-drowning a warning to owners
PONOKA, Alta. – Two stallions are recovering after they were rescued Nov. 15 from what could have been an icy grave. Ponoka firefighters were called just before sunset when a farmer asked for help rescuing two horses that had fallen through the ice into a grassy slough. Ponoka fire chief Ted Dillon said the farmer, […] Read more
Jump in Sask. farmland values
Wade Berlinic constantly receives calls from investors and farmers looking to buy farmland in Saskatchewan. “We have an ag group here and each of us is hearing from somebody new every week that we’ve never heard from before,” said Berlinic, agriculture division director with ReMax in Yorkton, Sask. “Frankly, we cannot get enough good, quality […] Read more
CWB lobby targets Senate
Bill Gehl was happy with last week’s lobby on Parliament Hill to convince senators to slow down the rush to end the Canadian Wheat Board’s single desk. “I think it has been a tremendously successful,” the CWB supporter said from his Regina farm. “We met many senators and told them we need an opportunity to […] Read more
EU rapeseed acres could fall
PARIS, France (Reuters) -French analyst Strategie Grains says difficult rapeseed sowings in the European Union could lower the seeded oilseed area for the 2012 crop by three percent to 28.4 million acres. “This decline is essentially due to poor conditions at planting time in many countries (in particular Germany, Denmark, Romania and Bulgaria),” the analyst […] Read more
Nebraska sees ‘jaw-dropping increase’ in cropland values
Cropland may be selling for $1,500 or more per acre in parts of Saskatchewan, but land remains cheap in the province compared to Nebraska. Land prices are creeping up to $10,000 US per acre in that state. The Omaha branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City stunned observers when it released its cropland […] Read more
CWB on track for final OK
The federal government is expected to end House of Commons debate this week on legislation to end the Canadian Wheat Board monopoly, sending it to the Senate for final approval. Government House leader Peter Van Loan said he wants Nov. 23 to be devoted to final debate on Bill C-18. However, the government is running […] Read more
