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AB Direct - Steers
AB Direct - Heifers
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US Trade- Steers
Live: 173.50-180.00 (KN, TX) 183.00-188.00 (NE)
Rail: 285.00-292.50 (NE, IA)
Rail: 285.00-292.50 (NE, IA)
US Trade - Heifers
Live: 173.50-180.00 (KN, TX) 183.00-188.00 (NE)
Rail: 285.00-292.50 (NE, IA)
Rail: 285.00-292.50 (NE, IA)
Canadian Dollar
$74.42
0.03
0.03
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 10, 2022
Checking in with ABP
Alberta grain bag and baler twine pilot sees extension
The ‘Alberta Ag Plastic. Recycle it!’ pilot, originally slated to wrap up in April will now continue until at least the end of August 2023. “Farmers are dedicated stewards of our lands, and this program makes it easier for them to recycle commonly-used items like grain bags and baler twine,” said Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural…
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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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January 13, 2022
Health & Production
What We’re Reading | Bale net wrap, twine present health hazard for cows
By Heather Smith Thomas Producers may never realize they have a problem unless a necropsy reveals net wrap or baling twine inside the animal Use of net wrap on hay and straw bales carries risks to cattle. Dr. John Campbell, professor of large animal clinical sciences at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, says some…
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Cattle Report
Updated: 02/06/2023
Steers
Live: ---
Rail: 404.00 del
Heifers
Live: ---
Rail: 404.00 del
Choice Steers
Live: 173.50-180.00 (KN, TX) 183.00-188.00 (NE)
Rail: 285.00-292.50 (NE, IA)
Choice Heifers
Live: 173.50-180.00 (KN, TX) 183.00-188.00 (NE)
Rail: 285.00-292.50 (NE, IA)
Boner Cows
Over 500 lbs: US$ 202.70
Canadian Dollar
$74.42 0.03
Livestock Price Insurance Index
| Expiry | Fed | Feeder | Calf |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23-Aug-23 | 224 | 288 | - |
| 25-Sep-23 | 224 | 298 | 322 |
| 23-Oct-23 | 224 | 300 | 322 |
| 20-Nov-23 | 222 | 298 | 320 |
| 18-Dec-23 | 222 | 290 | 316 |
| 15-Jan-24 | 224 | 290 | - |
| 12-Feb-24 | 228 | 298 | 332 |
Last Updated on June 1, 2023