Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle eked out gains, Friday, as the USDA’s Cattle on Feed report showed a slight decline in inventory.
U.S. livestock: Cattle eke out gains, hogs slide
Producers support mandatory livestock inspection in Manitoba
Eighty-five to 90 per cent of Manitoba Beef Producers members vote in favour of the resolution put forth at a recent meeting
Reading Time: 2 minutes After years of debate and discussion, cattle producers in Manitoba are supporting mandatory livestock inspection in the province.
U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hog futures slide
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle, feeder cattle and lean hog futures fell on Thursday.
Nova Scotia launches livestock price insurance pilot
Reading Time: < 1 minute Nova Scotia joined New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island in the two-year Maritime Livestock Price Insurance Pilot the federal government announced today.
Feed Grains Weekly: Overbooked end-users worried about tariffs on Canadian beef
Feed wheat, U.S. corn too expensive
Reading Time: 2 minutes There won't be a whole lot of movement of feed grains on the Canadian Prairies any time soon, stated Darcy Haley, vice-president of Ag Value Brokers in Lethbridge. He said not only are the end-users overbooked, but the relentless uncertainty over tariffs continues to dominate the cattle industry across Western Canada.
U.S. livestock: CME lean hog futures fall on profit-taking
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures dropped on Wednesday, as traders booked profits following recent gains and as pork cutout prices tumbled.
USDA will not ban cattle imports from Mexico over latest screwworm case, agency says
Reading Time: < 1 minute The U.S. Department of Agriculture will not restrict cattle imports from Mexico after another discovery of a damaging pest called New World screwworm in a cow south of the border, the agency said on Tuesday.
U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle rise on renewed New World screwworm concerns
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle ended the day stronger as another case of New World screwworm was found in Mexico.
Ontario sisters strike farm business partnership
Business partnerships can be tricky to navigate at the best of times. Throw in family members, a new on-farm business and a growing family legacy, and it’s a whole other level
Reading Time: 7 minutes For several years, sisters Kori de Boer and Casie Kuypers were informally part of their family’s original dairy farm in Palgrave, Ont., run by their dad and uncle. When their dad and uncle’s partnership wrapped up a few years ago, they knew that if they didn’t want the dairy to stay small (which would mean […] Read more
Klassen: Feeder market recovers on strong demand
Reading Time: 2 minutes For the week ending February 15, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded steady to five dollars higher on average compared to seven days earlier. The market has recovered after the recent stretch of adverse weather and the U.S. tariff threat in early February.
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