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Cattle Markets Start 2020 On A Positive Note

The cattle markets are off to a good start in 2020.
 
Sandy Russell is with Spring Creek Consulting.
 
"Generally speaking, we're starting 2020 in pretty good shape," she said. "Markets are strong and there's optimism in the marketplace that going through the first quarter of the year, things are going to look pretty good."
 
She notes demand for beef remains strong.
 
"Throughout 2019, even back in 2018, consumers have consistently been buying beef and seeing strong demand in North America and around the world and that is put right back into our marketplace and our markets and so that has created some strong pricing."
 
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Cleaning Sheep Barns & Setting Up Chutes

Video: Cleaning Sheep Barns & Setting Up Chutes

Indoor sheep farming in winter at pre-lambing time requires that, at Ewetopia Farms, we need to clean out the barns and manure in order to keep the sheep pens clean, dry and fresh for the pregnant ewes to stay healthy while indoors in confinement. In today’s vlog, we put fresh bedding into all of the barns and we remove manure from the first groups of ewes due to lamb so that they are all ready for lambs being born in the next few days. Also, in preparation for lambing, we moved one of the sorting chutes to the Coveralls with the replacement ewe lambs. This allows us to do sorting and vaccines more easily with them while the barnyard is snow covered and hard to move sheep safely around in. Additionally, it frees up space for the second groups of pregnant ewes where the chute was initially.