Live: ---
Rail: 353.00-355.00 Del
AB Direct - Steers
AB Direct - Heifers
Live: ---
Rail: 357.00 Del
Rail: 357.00 Del
US Trade- Steers
Live: 163.00-166.00
Rail: 264.00-266.00 Del
Rail: 264.00-266.00 Del
US Trade - Heifers
Live: 163.00-166.00
Rail: 264.00-266.00 Del
Rail: 264.00-266.00 Del
Canadian Dollar
$72.54
0.38
0.38
September 9, 2022
Checking in with ABP
Cleanfarms’ collection program returns to Alberta this October
Cleanfarms will be collecting unwanted agricultural pesticides and old livestock/equine medications for safe disposal in the northern half of Alberta this October. Drop-off locations for 2022 include: Alliance, Boyle, Camrose, County of Barrhead, Edgerton, Falher, Grimshaw, Hairy Hill, Innisfail, Irma, Lacombe, Leduc, Legal, Penhold, Provost, Rosalind, Rycroft, Sexsmith, St. Albert, St. Paul, Vegreville, Vermilion, Viking,…
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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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April 5, 2022
Issues & Insights
Twine – it’s one of the easiest ag plastics to recycle. Really!
Of all the agricultural plastics on prairie farms, baler twine is one of the easiest to overlook when it comes to a commitment to recycle. Unlike grain bags, which when empty, are a massive amount of plastic laying in the field, baler twine accumulates in smaller bunches, seemingly innocuous, until they start to take over…
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March 8, 2022
Checking in with ABP
The Bovine: Finding solutions to ag plastics and welcoming youth to the table
This episode of The Bovine focuses on two topics relevant to the beef industry — youth involvement in the industry and managing agricultural plastics. For the first segment, host Debra Murphy talks to returning Finance Chair, Brodie Haugan, about his experience as a young delegate. Haugan then takes the host chair to introduce past delegate…
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January 31, 2022
Checking in with ABP
Alberta farmers getting on board with grain bag recycling pilot
Farmers universally value tools that give them options when it comes to making decisions about crop production. For example, some prairie farmers choose to use grain bags if a harvest has been abundant and extra storage is needed or bin storage is not available close to where the grain is harvested. In the past decade,…
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October 24, 2021
Health & Production
Cleanfarms accepting unwanted pesticides and livestock medications this week
Every year, Cleanfarms offers collection programs for obsolete pesticides and livestock/equine medications in specific regions across Canada. This year, those regions include southern Alberta. From October 25 to October 29, 2021, Cleanfarms drop-off sites will be located in 20 communities: Brooks Carseland Carstairs Castor Claresholm Drumheller Enchant Foremost Hanna High River Hussar Magrath Medicine Hat…
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Updated: 24/03/2023
Steers
Live: ---
Rail: 353.00-355.00 Del
Heifers
Live: ---
Rail: 357.00 Del
Choice Steers
Live: 163.00-166.00
Rail: 264.00-266.00 Del
Choice Heifers
Live: 163.00-166.00
Rail: 264.00-266.00 Del
Boner Cows
Over 500 lbs: US$ 189.20
Canadian Dollar
$72.54 0.38
Livestock Price Insurance Index
| Expiry | Fed | Feeder | Calf |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19-Jun-23 | 212 | 278 | - |
| 17-Jul-23 | 206 | - | - |
| 14-Aug-23 | 204 | 274 | - |
| 11-Sep-23 | 202 | 280 | - |
| 9-Oct-23 | 204 | 286 | 310 |
| 6-Nov-23 | 204 | 286 | 308 |
| 4-Dec-23 | 202 | 276 | 302 |
Last Updated on March 23, 2023
