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A collection of beef cattle in a commercial feedlot, with figures of two people conversing in the background

New barns and bedding pack management make for more efficient feedlots

Encouraging employee contribution to farm management helps keep them engaged

By Diana Martin July 25, 2022

Feedlot managers are going to school. Maximizing productivity and reducing labour needs are among the core subjects being explored in three informational tours this summer organized by the Beef Farmers […] Read more

The BovineHub, a weigh scale from Ireland’s StrongBó Agritech in partnership with Dr. Marty Metzger at Dave Gardiner Farms, provides low-stress, accurate cattle weights using only the animal’s two front feet on the pad. The information links automatically to the RFID tag and assists in optimizing diet and increasing profit through timely cattle marketing.

Livestock

Measuring feedlots for better management

New tech tools and software are bringing data to the forefront of feedlot management

By Diana Martin July 25, 2022

Technology is gaining traction in the beef sector and feedlot operators are turning data into physical and economic gains. More Ontario feedlot operators are ditching pen and paper in favour […] Read more

Jared Epp speaks to the crowd at AiM 2022 about stock dogs and herding. (Liam O’Connor photo)

Livestock

Lessons on stock dogs from Ag In Motion

'Our dogs do understand that they're worthy'

By Liam O’Connor July 23, 2022

Ranchers, and perhaps even dog owners, gathered around the Cattle Pen at Ag in Motion on Wednesday to learn about stock dogs and what makes them tick. Jared Epp from […] Read more

Federal Ag Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (r) visits the Ag in Motion outdoor farm show near Langham, Sask. on July 20, 2022. (Greg Berg photo)

Ag ministers lock in next policy funding framework

AgriStability compensation rate to rise; new EGS program planned; some agmins decry feds' approach on fertilizer emission cuts

By Dave Bedard July 23, 2022

The new federal-provincial ag policy funding framework due to take effect next April 1 will include a new ecological goods and services plan and a sweetened compensation rate for AgriStability. […] Read more

CME October 2022 live cattle (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (pink, dark red and black lines). (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end higher on firm beef prices

Futures up before new USDA figures released

By Julie Ingwersen July 23, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Friday, supported by strong beef prices and positioning ahead of U.S. government reports released after the close […] Read more

Sea Temple of Pura Luhur, Uluwatu, south Bali, Indonesia. (CIA.gov)

Livestock

Indonesia’s foot-and-mouth outbreak prompts international measures

'Viral fragments' detected in meats brought into Australia

By Reuters July 22, 2022

Reuters — Australia and New Zealand say they’ve stepped up protections against foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) at their international airports following an outbreak of the disease in Indonesia. Travellers arriving in […] Read more

CME August 2022 lean hogs (candlesticks) with 20- and 100-day moving averages (pink and brown lines) and CME’s cash lean hog index (black line). (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hog futures end mixed

Cash markets lift August hogs; live cattle lower, feeder cattle up

By Julie Ingwersen July 22, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures closed mixed on Thursday, with the front August contract gaining against back months as a heat wave in the Midwest […] Read more

CME August 2022 lean hogs (candlesticks) with 20-day moving average (pink line) and CME lean hog index (black line). (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hog futures climb, following cash markets

CME live cattle inch up in lacklustre trade

By Julie Ingwersen July 21, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures closed higher on Wednesday, supported by firm cash markets tied to tight supplies of hogs, traders said. Hot weather in […] Read more

Excessive heat warnings (in magenta) and heat advisories (in orange) were in place July 19, 2022 for areas across much of the southern U.S. Plains. (Weather.gov)

Crops

Sizzling heat stresses livestock, crops in southern U.S. Plains

By Ashitha Shivaprasad, Julie Ingwersen July 20, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — Scorching temperatures in the southern U.S. Plains are stressing cattle as well as crops such as cotton, corn and soybeans, meteorologists and traders said on Tuesday. […] Read more

File photo of a village in northeastern Uganda’s remote Karamoja region. (Guenterguni/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops

More than 200 people die as drought ravages northeast Uganda

By Reuters July 20, 2022

Kampala | Reuters — More than 200 people have died from hunger this month in northeastern Uganda, where a prolonged drought and rampant insecurity have left more than half a […] Read more