THE Australian Lot Feeders Association – the peak body representing the interests of the nation’s grainfed beef producers – has a new president following ALFA’s annual general meeting this week...Read ...
Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – The grain harvest in Saskatchewan is a “mixed bag” so far with the feed market rangebound as participants await new cattle entering feedlots, according to a trader.
The market was actually considered quite sluggish. Friday’s Alberta and Saskatchewan cattle on feed report had feedlot inventories up 20 per cent from the five-year average. Pen space is limited.
Farmers and analysts said the return of drought in US cattle-producing areas has delayed ranchers plans to expand production after the nation herd shrank to its smallest level in seventy years ...