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Rail: 298.00 (NE)

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ABP Volume 2 Issue 2

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May 26, 2022 Checking in with ABP

Priorities for the 44th Parliament and beef’s role in economic recovery

Actively engaging the Government of Canada on the priorities of the Canadian beef industry is a key focus of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA). In early December 2021, Bob Lowe, CCA Past President, and Carley Henniger, President of the Young Cattlemen’s Council (YCC), had the unique opportunity to interview the Federal Agriculture Minister, Marie-Claude Bibeau,…

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May 26, 2022 Innovation & Technology

What are you doing with your used twine and plastic?

Plastics are integral to most of our businesses, whether you are wrapping up bales or covering your silage pit. They are cheap, convenient, and resilient, which makes them useful but also difficult to get rid of.  In the past, the most common practice for dealing with used ag plastics was to burn it – a…

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May 20, 2022 Innovation & Technology

Calf 911: BCRC video series provides practical approach to newborn calf management

It is hard to believe it’s that time of year again! Hopefully these few months feel more like “tagging season” than “calving season.” However, if things don’t go quite as planned, the Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC) has put together some fantastic resources to help you improve the outcome for any compromised calf that hits…

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May 19, 2022 Health & Production

The A-D-Es of vitamin supplementation

Ruminant Nutritionist Lynne Girardin provides supplement recommendations to support health in weaning calves. Getting calves off to a healthy start depends on a combination of factors, including good genetics, a healthy heifer, and ample, high quality colostrum. “A healthy cow means healthy milk, and healthy milk means a healthy calf,” suggests Lynne Girardin, ruminant nutritionist…

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May 11, 2022 Current Markets & Forecasts

Strong demand supporting cattle prices while feed grains pressure cost of production

Ample fed supplies have continued to move through the system with strong slaughter levels in the first quarter. Strong domestic and international demand has kept fed prices above last year’s levels and the five-year average. Although cash fed prices have not been high enough for feedlots to be profitable, fed prices are in-line with 2017…

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May 10, 2022 Checking in with ABP

Opinion: For the common good of the cattle industry

Editor’s Note: This opinion piece was provided by an Alberta rancher for the April edition of ABP, our quarterly print magazine. I feel compelled to write in response to Will Verboven comments in the January 2022 edition of Alberta Beef Magazine. Verboven accurately states the history of ABP since its inception in the late 60s….

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May 4, 2022 Checking in with ABP

All for the Beef — An update from ABP’s Brad Dubeau

Spring has returned to Alberta and with it brings the promise of new life and brighter days. I hope that as you are reading this, you feel the same way.  Since the last issue of ABP, we continue to be very busy working for, with and on behalf of producers.  The ABP Annual General Meeting…

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April 20, 2022 Checking in with ABP

ABP Magazine – Volume 2 Issue 2

In the months following publication, most of the articles in the magazine find a second home on ABP Daily. And so should the cover, and some of the many faces that make this magazine possible. Published by Brad Dubeau,Alberta Beef Producers EditorLindsay Roberts CreativeTracy Irving Front Cover DesignJason Stang WritingCraig LesterDianne FinstadElizabeth HomeroskyLaura LaingLori LoreeMary…

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Cattle Report

Updated: 28/03/2024

Steers

Live: ---
Rail: 400.00 del

Heifers

Live: ---
Rail: 400.00 del

Choice Steers

Live: 185.00 (TX, KN)
Rail: 298.00 (NE)

Choice Heifers

Live: 185.00 (TX, KN)
Rail: 298.00 (NE)

Boner Cows

Over 500 lbs: 246.33

Canadian Dollar

$73.83   0.09

Livestock Price Insurance Index

Expiry Fed Feeder Calf
24-Jun-24 232 326 --
22-Jul-24 228 -- --
19-Aug-24 226 326 --
16-Sept-24 224 330 372
14-Oct-24 224 332 378
11-Nov-24 222 330 376
9-Dec-24 222 320 370
Last Updated on March 28, 2024

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