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![Photo of beef steak](/system/files/styles/responsive_1040/private/agi-agri-news-2024-06-03-steak.jpg?itok=pd8jr8bQ)
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Brazil’s beef industry is recognized as being efficient and competitive which has supported its export capacity.
![Photo of cattle in field](/system/files/styles/responsive_1040/private/agi-agri-news-2024-05-27-cattle-in-field.jpg?itok=dLD61d4l)
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AgriProfit$ provides participating producers with cost of production analysis and benchmark reports based on actual farm records.
![10 pink, brown and black spotted piglets sleeping on hay](/system/files/styles/responsive_1040/private/agi-agri-news-group-of-piglets.png?itok=buH1al7c)
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This investigation project will help with early detection of federally and provincially reportable diseases.
![Yellow canola flower field](/system/files/styles/responsive_1040/private/agi-agri-news-canola-field.jpg?itok=2YgxXOjN)
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Following basis levels can be successfully used to capture a better price from the market or at least provide information on market conditions.
![A herd of brown steer behind a barbed wire fence in a green pasture](/system/files/styles/responsive_1040/private/agi-agri-news-steers-in-field.jpg?itok=8RH56uSz)
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The cattle market has shown strong demand in early 2024 and combined with low cow herd inventories, the feeder market should remain strong.
![Wild boar at night](/system/files/styles/responsive_1040/private/agi-agri-news-2024-05-06-wild-boar-at-night.jpg?itok=uFPfE4-d)
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Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation continues to work with producers and industry to mitigate the spread of wild boar at large.
![Farm yard](/system/files/styles/responsive_1040/private/agi-agri-news-2024-05-06-farmyard.jpg?itok=sFOgv9jq)
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Selling and purchasing farmland entails strategic decision-making where one must navigate a complex interplay of many considerations.
![Tractor and baler](/system/files/styles/responsive_1040/private/agi-agri-news-2024-04-29-tractor-and-baler.jpg?itok=4P41dLB_)
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Marked diesel plays a crucial role in farming economics.
![Herd of cattle in a dusty pen](/system/files/styles/responsive_1040/private/agi-agri-news-pen-dust-cattle.jpg?itok=p1Ly2GKl)
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As many areas in Alberta are dealing with dry conditions, managing manure is key to minimizing dust from pens and livestock feedlots.
![Group photo of Alberta’s Food Processing Development Centre staff with red 40 balloon behind](/system/files/styles/responsive_1040/private/agi-agri-news-fpdc-40th.jpg?itok=PLGJjbf0)
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For the past 4 decades, the FPDC has played an important role driving economic growth and change in Alberta's agri-food industry.
![Row of large silver crop bins in a green field next to a tree under a blue sky](/system/files/styles/responsive_1040/private/agi-agri-news-crop-bins.jpg?itok=V0z6KDpF)
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Following crop disappearance levels helps producers assess market conditions and the potential for forward pricing opportunities.