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U.S. Livestock: CME Hogs Slide to February Low Under US Production Pressure

Originally published on May 21, 2024 on Canadian Cattlemen By Reuters and Tom Polansek Chicago | Reuters—Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures dropped to their lowest level since February under pressure from solid U.S. production on Tuesday, while live cattle futures reached their highest price since March, analysts said. The hog market has declined 12 […]

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Transitioning Yearlings to Pasture

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Originally published on May 22, 2024 on Canadian Cattlemen By Gabriel Ribeiro and Contributor With the grazing season starting across the country, producers should ask whether they are making the most of it. The grazing season in Canada is brief — depending on where you are, it can be four months or less. However, a

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Metro Ontario Expands its Beef Sustainability Sourcing

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Originally published on May 17, 2024 on Farmtario By Farmtario Stafff Metro Ontario has achieved its 2022 sourcing commitment to buy three million pounds of beef from Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB) Certified farms and ranches by 2026, ahead of schedule. The grocer said in a release that from now on, the CRSB Certified

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Take Bull Health by the Horns

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Originally published on May 22, 2024 on Farmtario By Roy Lewis Herd bulls can be forgotten at times but attention turns to them just before the breeding season. Bulls can be hard to handle, but there are good facilities for examining and treating them. Bulls should be vaccinated for most things you give to cows, with the

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How Cover Crops Enhance the Microbiome

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Originally published on May 22, 2024 on SPUDsmart By Kevin Elmy By changing the species that are grown with the seed crop in conjunction with the local soil microbiome, we can develop seed that is locally adapted. The intelligence of nature is inspiring. Over the centuries, different organisms have had relationships with other organisms so

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Manitoba Seeding Progress Nears Halfway Mark

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Originally published on May 22, 2024 on Canadian Cattlemen By Phil Franz-Warkentin – MarketsFarm Glacier FarmMedia—Spring seeding in Manitoba neared the halfway mark during the week ended May 21, with 47 per cent of intended acres in the ground, according to the latest provincial crop report. That compares with 30 per cent the previous week

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Timely Rains Boost Prairie Chickpea Prospects

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Originally published on May 21, 2024 on Canadian Cattlemen By Phil Franz-Warkentin – MarketsFarm Glacier FarmMedia – Improved moisture conditions bode well for Saskatchewan chickpea production in 2024, with seeding operations for the crop nearing completion. “We have good moisture and guys are putting stuff in the ground,” said Jake Hansen, general manager of Saskatchewan’s Mid-West

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Grain Storage Decisions More Complex Than Pure Economics

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Originally published on May 22, 2024 on Farmtario By Ed White When it comes to farmers storing grain, there are the “market-responsive” people, the “store-and-ignore” types, the “cash-poor crowd” and the “tax-avoiding gang.” That’s according to a recent paper by a team of University of Illinois and University of Missouri economists, which makes it clear

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Driving Yield with Crop Inoculant Innovation

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Originally published on May 13, 2024 on realagriculture By Bernard Tobin What crops can benefit from inoculants and what kind of yield impact can they have? XiteBio Technologies U.S. sales managers Doug Tigges says the first questions he typically gets from growers include whether an inoculant or biological product is easy to use; how it

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APAS: The Bunge-Viterra Merger May Not be the Golden Grain Deal for Farmers

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Originally published on May 22, 2024 on realagriculture By Guest Author Opinion Op-ed submitted by Ian Boxall, president of Agriculture Producers Association of Saskatchewan In a recent op-ed, Gregory Heckman, CEO of Bunge, defended the proposed merger between Bunge and Viterra, arguing that the combination would mean investment and growth for Canadian agriculture, particularly in Saskatchewan.

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