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A Farmers Weekly Q&A from Zoetis vet Dave Armstrong explains how worms such as ostertagia, cooperia, lungworm and liver fluke affect cattle performance. It advises beef and dairy farmers to build a worm control strategy, noting that up to 50% of UK, French and German cattle farms tested showed reduced wormer efficacy.
Parasite losses reduce weight gain and milk yields, which can tighten supply at the margin, but the article is animal-health advice with no clear price effect.
fwi.co.ukEdited by Hayley ParrottMar 18, 2018After 356 past disease events, LCATTLE moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (54% higher; middle half -0.8% to +1.1%), and +1.1% over 20.
After 266 past disease events, FCATTLE moved a median +0.5% over 5 sessions (59% higher; middle half -1.1% to +1.7%), and +1.7% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
