Reuters — A harsh late-winter storm broadsided a vast swath of the U.S. agriculture industry this week as heavy snow closed roads and buried cattle in the Plains while excessive rain flooded Midwest fields and swamped grain elevators. A “bomb cyclone” hurled hurricane-force winds, sparked tornadoes and dumped heavy snow and rain across the Plains […] Read more
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U.S. farm belt slammed by floods, heavy snow from bomb cyclone
Ontario beef market stabilizing
Cow numbers have stopped their decline and beef price spread with the U.S. is shrinking
Kevin Grier had some good news for a change for beef farmers at their recent annual meeting. Canadians are continuing to consume beef, while paying high prices for that meat. Why it matters: There’s a lot of negative information about meat consumption, but population growth and continued support from most consumers mean demand continues to […] Read more
Lab-grown steak could be worse for climate than belching cattle — scientists
The production processes and the types of greenhouse gases produced will be a big factor in meat’s carbon footprint
Thomson Reuters Foundation – Scientists and companies working to grow meat from animal cells will need to minimize energy use and avoid fossil fuels if claims that cultured meat is better for the climate than real meat are to hold true, researchers said. Cultured meat production with high energy inputs could spur global warming more […] Read more
The repercussions of a $1.50 beef check-off increase
A proposal that failed last year to boost marketing funds passed at this year’s BFO annual meeting
Beef farmers have approved an increase of $1.50 in check-off per animal to fund an ambitious industry-wide marketing effort for Ontario beef. The move has been closely watched by other agriculture commodity organizations pondering their own ability to market product more effectively for their members. Farmers at the Beef Farmers of Ontario (BFO) annual meeting […] Read more
Feed weekly outlook: Prairie prices on the rise
MarketsFarm — Feed grain prices have been on the upswing recently, according to Nelson Neumann of Agfinity at Stony Plain, Alta. “We saw them at the end of last week, the beginning of this week, really jump up. Guys were scrambling to get stuff in before road bans,” he said. He attributed the increased prices […] Read more
Livestock transport code of practice in the works
The code will cover cattle, pigs, poultry, sheep and equine for road transportation and should be completed by 2023
New regulations and a code of practice for livestock transportation are coming. The scope of the code of practice covers cattle, pigs, poultry, sheep and equine for road transportation, said Jackie Wepruk of the National Farm Animal Care Council. Why it matters: Consumers are becoming more aware and more concerned that sound animal welfare practices […] Read more
Immune test could help reduce Bovine Respiratory Disease in cattle
A group of cattle industry players are working together to develop a high-immune response test for Angus cattle, which could help fight Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD). The project, which received $500,000 in funding in early February from Genome Canada’s Genomic Application Partnership Program, aims to reduce the $1 billion BRD is estimated to cost the […] Read more
‘Tinder for cows’ matches livestock in mood for love
Petersfield, England | Reuters — A Tinder-inspired app is helping farmers match up potential partners for their cattle. Called “Tudder” — a mix of dating app Tinder and udder — it lets farmers swipe right on cattle they like the look of. They are then directed to a page on the SellMyLivestock website where they […] Read more
Bovine TB strain in latest outbreak new to Canada
Canada’s latest outbreak of bovine tuberculosis in domestic cattle involves a strain of TB bacteria not related to any previously seen in Canadian livestock or wildlife. Culture testing of bacteria taken from a cow confirmed as TB-positive in November shows it’s “not related to past cases of bovine TB in Alberta or British Columbia or […] Read more
Bovine TB probe expands to Saskatchewan
Updated, Dec. 24 — Some cattle in Saskatchewan are now under federally imposed movement controls as testing for bovine tuberculosis expands to 14 domestic herds in three provinces. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced Friday the tracing of a single case of bovine TB in a beef cow from a farm in British Columbia’s southern […] Read more
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