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Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC)
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July 3, 2021
Health & Production
What We’re Reading | BCRC’s two-part series on overcoming the fear of alfalfa
The following is a preview of a two-part series by the Beef Cattle Research Council. It was originally published in 2019, but remains relevant today. Fear of bloat costs more money than actual cases of bloat do Respect it, but don’t fear it. That’s the message from cattle producers and beef specialists alike who through…
May 7, 2021
Business Tools
Calculating financial risks and opportunities in backgrounding
The Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC) is offering a new Backgrounding Calculator to cow-calf producers deciding whether they should sell or background calves. The new tool is a downloadable XLS file that incorporates variables like current calf prices, cost of gain, and projected feeder prices, in order to identify economic opportunities and risks from backgrounding…
May 4, 2021
Trailblazers
University of Alberta announces BCRC-Hays Chair
The University of Alberta, supported by the Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC) and the Hays family, has announced Dr. Gleise Medeiros da Silva as the newly appointed BCRC-Hays Chair in Beef Production Systems. Born in Brazil, Silva received her Animal Science degree at Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE). In her first year, she received…
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Cattle Report
Updated: October 22, 2025
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Livestock Price Insurance Index
| Expiry | Fed | Feeder | Calf |
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| 09-Feb-26 | 318 | 502 | -- |
| 09-Mar-26 | 318 | 498 | -- |
| 06-Apr-26 | 320 | 494 | -- |
| 04-May-26 | 328 | 498 | -- |
| 01-June-26 | 334 | 500 | -- |
| 29-June-26 | 328 | 490 | -- |
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Last Updated on October 16, 2025
