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Weekly Update for Bison Producers - April 22, 2022
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April 22, 2022

Bison Producers,
 
Bison Market Update


Mid-April Market Update
 
Finished bison prices for slaughter in Canada continue to be stable with Canadian buyers paying  $4.00 - $4.15/lb. HHW for finished prime bulls with some sales reported lower. Heifers were selling at  $3.75 - $4.15/lb. HHW for heifers on light trading. Buyers are paying  $1.85 – $2.30/lb. HHW for mature cows and bulls. 
 
Canadian buyers purchasing bulls for slaughter in the U.S. are paying up to $4.80/lb. Canadian HHW when slaughter dates are available. Heifers are priced up to 40 cents lower. Carcasses that do not fall within buyers’ specifications may be discounted. Final returns must be adjusted for quality, transportation, exchange rates and export costs.
 
For the first 15 weeks of 2022 there were 2,167 bison slaughtered at federally inspected plants in Canada – up 1.4% over the 2,138 slaughtered for the same period in 2021. 
 
U.S. buyers are offering up to $4.00 /lb. U.S. HHW for prime bulls and up to $3.80 /lb. U.S. HHW for heifers from Canada for slaughter in the U.S. where slaughter times have been booked.  Returns to the producers are dependent on exchange rates, quality, transportation and export costs.
 
Total live bison exports to the U.S. to the end of March 2022 at 9,456 head are 28% above the 7,611 bison exported to the U.S in 2021.  
 
Marketers that inventories are building to meet the needs of the summer season.  Growth in demand is expected in the European Market,
 
In the Canadian marketplace, consumers continue to have access to fresh and frozen bison products in many of the major food chains from coast to coast. Demand in Canada is expected to increase with the marketing initiatives by bison marketers as well as increased bison awareness and sales by farm direct marketers. 

Have a Great Weekend,
Terry


Terry Kremeniuk
Executive Director
Canadian Bison Association 
Regina Saskatchewan
Ph: 306.522-4762
Cell 306-537-1483
Email: canadianbison@sasktel.net
 International Bison Convention 2022 Poster Session and Competition

Are you involved in a project that has application or benefit to ranched or wild bison?

If so, you are invited to present a poster about it at the International Bison Convention (IBC) July 12-15, 2022. Taking place in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, the 2022 IBC will be a great place to highlight bison research done across North America and the world.  


Criteria, eligibility, application found HERE.

Invitation to Participate & Application HERE

Submit to poster@bisonconvention2022.com


Deadline is April 30, 2022
 
Please pass this information on to anyone you know who is involved in a bison project, etc.
The Week In Review


Have You Registered For IBC Yet?

The Early Bird Registration deadline has been extended to April 30th

  • Full Conference Registration*: $350.00 (Early Bird price until April 30, 2022);  $420.00 (Starting May 1, 2022)
     
  • Full Conference Family Registration*: $850.00 - Ticket includes admission for three persons (16+) in the same family

*Includes access to all convention sessions and Tuesday reception, Wednesday Banquet and Thursday Banquet*.

And for even more excitement: All those registered by April 30 will be entered to win a $500 package from Granted Sweater!

Go HERE to Register!
Early Bird Deadline Ends April 30, 2022.


IBC Website HERE


Dozens Of Canada's Wood Bison Moved To Alaska For Long-Term Survival
CTV News Edmonton / Kanishka Singh

Dozens of Canada's wood bison, who live in northern Alberta and are North America's largest land animals, have been moved to Alaska to establish conservation herds to ensure their long-term survival, the Canadian government said.

Canada has listed the wood bison as a threatened species since 2003. The population has been declining across their range and are at risk of becoming endangered, extirpated, or extinct if nothing is done to protect them, according to the Canadian government's website.

In January 2020, Canada determined that wood bison were "facing imminent threats to their recovery."

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault announced on Thursday that 40 wood bison from Elk Island National Park in Alberta were safely translocated to Alaska. Wood bison have dark brown coats with long shaggy fur on their shoulders along with large humps on their backs. Read More HERE

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Bison Hunt Data Released
Whitehorse Star / Chuck Tobin

Yukon hunters harvested 273 bison this past season, which closed March 31.

Of the animals shot, 146 were cows and 127 were bulls, according to the preliminary harvest numbers released by Environment Yukon.

The 273 are one shy of the record 274 shot last year.

Haines Junction conservation officer Russell Oborne told the Star late last week there weren’t a lot of hunters early in the season because of the snow conditions.

Most of the harvest occurred later in the season, he noted, including a significant number of hunters last month.

Deep snow conditions kept the numbers light in November and December 2021. Read More HERE

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Earth Day and the American Bison – A Perfect, Regenerative Fit
NBA News Release 

Westminster, CO (April 22, 2022) - On this 2022 Earth Day, as we celebrate Mother Earth and her natural majesty, the National Bison Association encourages consumers to claim bison as their clean, regenerative protein choice. Why? Because bison are “Regenerative by Nature”. ™

Regenerative agriculture practices increase soil biodiversity and organic matter, leading to more resilient soils that can better withstand climate change impacts like flooding and drought. Healthy soils promote the growth and health of the bison that graze on those plants and grasses, while restoring important carbon-capturing grasslands in the process. This is regenerative agriculture in a nutshell and bison are nature’s perfect fit for this approach to sustainable agriculture. The bison’s regenerative behavior can be attributed to their evolution on the North American continent over thousands of years and their resulting grazing behavior, which remains intact today as bison have never been domesticated.

Today’s bison stewards utilize these innate instincts to their advantage, while, in turn, restoring the species to its native landscape to produce a supremely nutrient-dense, low-fat, delicious protein. As such, the National Bison Association provides a very holistic approach to herd management in its education and outreach to livestock stewards who are increasingly choosing bison to graze their pastures, and which has proven to be a profitable agricultural endeavor with bison producers in every state today. Read More HERE

Saving An American Icon
Today Show / 

Inside ranchers’ efforts to save the American bison
After reaching the brink of extinction, there are now half a million bison in North America – but now there are signs of trouble where the buffalo roam. In the latest installment of TODAY’s Climate, NBC’s Kerry Sanders reports on the efforts to save the iconic animals as their habitats face droughts. See Video HERE


Genomic Evaluation Of Hybridization In Historic And Modern North American Bison (Bison Bison)
Nature.com /

Abstract
During the late nineteenth century North American bison underwent a significant population bottleneck resulting in a reduction in population size of over 99% and a species-level near-extinction event. Factors responsible for this destruction included indiscriminate killing, loss of access to suitable habitat, and diseases. At the nadir of this population crash, very few wild plains bison survived and were restricted to Yellowstone National remained in Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada.

However, most surviving bison in the late 1800’s were maintained by cattle ranchers in private herds where hybridization between bison with various breeds of domestic cattle was often encouraged. Over the last 20 years, the legacy of this introgression has been identified using mitochondrial DNA and limited nuclear microsatellite analyses. However, no genome-wide assessment has been performed, and some herds were believed to be free of introgression based on current genetic testing strategies. Herein, we report detailed analyses using whole genome sequencing from nineteen modern and six historical bison, chosen to represent the major lineages of bison, to identify and quantitate signatures of nuclear introgression in their recent (within 200 years) history. Both low and high coverage genomes provided evidence for recent introgression, including animals from Yellowstone, Wind Cave, and Elk Island National Parks which were previously thought to be free from hybridization with domestic cattle.

We employed multiple approaches, including one developed for this work, to identify putative cattle haplotypes in each bison genome. These regions vary greatly in size and frequency by sample and herd, though we detected domestic cattle introgression in all bison genomes tested. Since our sampling strategy spanned across the diversity of modern bison populations, these finding are best explained by multiple historical hybridization events between these two species with significant genetic recombination over the last 200 years. Our results demonstrate that whole genome sequencing approaches are required to accurately quantitate cattle introgression in bisonPark, USA and a small number of wild wood bison. Read More HERE
 
Kankakee Sands Bison Restoration Efforts Have Ripple Effect Across Prairie Ecosystem
WTHR / Madison Stacey

MOROCCO, Ind. — When officials drafted versions of the Indiana seal sometime in the early 19th century, so plentiful were bison across the state that the image they eventually settled on was of one fleeing westward as civilization — denoted by a man’s solitary form, cutting down a sycamore tree with an ax — advanced ever further into what was then some of the westernmost parts of the United States. 

Within a few more decades, bison would be driven from the state and hunted to near extinction across the country. Today, you’d be hard-pressed to find herds wandering the Hoosier countryside, as was their tendency for thousands of years.

Unless, of course, you’re driving along a stretch of U.S. 41 North near Morocco, where a herd is making a major impact in prairie restoration efforts for the first time in centuries. 

“We're not bringing back bison just to have for bison sake, but they're actually an integral part of the Hoosier natural heritage and history,” said Trevor Edmonson, who is a site manager at Kankakee Sands, the more than 1,000-acre enclosure dedicated to preservation of prairies. Read More and See Video HERE

Did You Know...

  • Sask. climate scientist points to drier future. More HERE
     
  • Officials prepare to welcome bison calves at Minneopa State Park.
    More HERE
     
  • 'Rebirth Of A Nation': Chippewa Cree Tribe Welcomes First Bison Calf In 20 Years. More HERE
     
CBA News & Event

CBA offers Financial Assistance to Increase Canadian Consumer Demand
The Canadian Bison Association has developed a Pilot Project to assist marketers increase the awareness of bison and increase demand domestically. To achieve this, the CBA is making up to $100,000 available for marketers to access in support of their marketing strategies.

For more detail and the application form go to
 Canadian Bison Association :: Marketing Programs


2021 Benchmark Report Now Available
The bison industry initiated a cost-of-production and production performance data collection program for bison operations involving cow/calf, backgrounders, and feedlot enterprises. The objective of this data collection program was to establish financial and production benchmarks against which producers could measure their performance. The program began in 2011 and has generated information that is very valuable for new entrants, producers, financial institutions, researchers and policy makers.  See the 2021 Report HERE

See Past Benchmark Reports HERE

The Canadian Bison Association Introduces Three New Genomic Tools
 On April 1, 2021, after completing the research and development, the Canadian Bison Association is offering three new genomic tools to producers and conservationists so that they can better understand the genetic profile of their herds.
The three tests include: 
  1. A Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) parentage test in Canada based on the newest technology available.
  2. A test to determine the Wood/Plains composition of a bison using SNP genetics.
  3. A test to measure cattle introgression in bison.
For more information go to: 
https://www.canadianbison.ca/producers/
programs-and-services/bison-genetics


Livestock Premises ID Participation Strengthens Canadian Agriculture
Livestock traceability protects Canada's livestock industry and the public's well-being by strengthening the ability to respond quickly to disease outbreaks, food safety issues and natural disasters.

For more information on getting your free
premises identification number
, or to find a contact in your province or territory, please go HERE

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Weekly Market Report

 

April 22, 2022

Finished Bison Prices Stable

With the Canadian dollar fluctuations, the global uncertainty, and the turmoil created by COVID-19, please confirm prices offered by buyers as prices may change daily.

Prices offered by Canadian buyers for slaughter in Canada range from $4.00 - $4.15/lb.  HHW for Grade “A” bison bulls and $3.75 - $4.15 on heifers on very light trading. 

Canadian buyers that have slaughter spaces booked in the U.S. are paying $4.60 to $4.80/lb. HHW Canadian for prime bulls and $4.40 to $4.70/lb. HHW Canadian for heifers. 

U.S. buyers are paying $3.60 - $4.00/lb. U.S. HHW for prime bulls and $3.60 - $3.80 /lb. U.S. HHW for heifers from Canada for slaughter in the U.S. These prices are being paid for animals previously booked. 

**Producers should research the parameters on which the prices are based. Parameters such as Canadian or US delivery, weight ranges, age etc. This will assist producers in comparing prices on an equivalent basis. **

Previous Bison Market Reports HERE 

 
2022 Events
 
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers
Back to the Grass Auction
When: May 4
Website HERE
2021-22 Sale Sheet HERE
 
Jack Auction Group Video Bison Sale
Entry Deadline: May 12
Featuring 2021 Calves and 2020 Yearlings 
When: May 26
Time: 7 PM CST
Website HERE

International Bison Convention 2022
Registration Now Open
Early Bird Deadline Apr 30
When: July 12-15
Time: Saskatoon SK

Website HERE

 
Vold, Jones and Vold Auction Co. Ltd
Bison Auction
When: November 19
Time: Ponoka AB

Website HERE
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 Sales Arena


Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers
2022 Back To The Grass Auction

May 4, 2022


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