Reading Time: 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures turned higher on Tuesday on technical trading and market anticipation that packers increase buying on a shortened holiday week, analysts said.
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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures turn higher on packer buying expectations
Klassen: Demand for grass cattle pushes feeder market higher
Reading Time: 2 minutes In the week ending May 25, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets were trading $4 to $8 higher compared to seven days earlier. Some higher quality genetic packages of 700-pound plus cattle were up as much as $10 from week-ago levels.
Eastern Canada’s largest beef processor on strike
Union says a Cargill plant in Calgary could soon take similar action
Reading Time: 2 minutes Nearly 1000 workers at Cargill’s beef processing plant in Guelph hit the picket lines this morning, as workers strike in an effort to gain better compensation.
U.S. livestock: Live cattle mixed, feeder cattle lower ahead of holiday weekend
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ended mixed on Friday, amid growing uncertainty over packer interest after the U.S. Memorial Day holiday weekend, traders said.
Canada, Mexico, U.S. and Australian cattle groups signal support for integrated beef market
Reading Time: 2 minutes The memo of understanding, signed at trilateral meetings in Mexico last week, calls on their respective governments to invest in infrastructure and plans to protect the industry from outbreaks of foreign animal disease. It asks governments to promote livestock production as "an effect tool in land and resource management."
Bird flu detected in tissue samples of US dairy cow sent to slaughter, USDA says
Reading Time: 2 minutes Bird flu virus particles were found in tissue samples taken from one dairy cow sent to slaughter at a U.S. meat processing plant, but none were detected in samples from 95 other cattle, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Friday.
U.S. livestock: Lean hogs hit three-month low on weaker cash prices
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures slumped to a February low on Thursday under pressure from solid U.S. production and weaker cash prices, traders said.
New program focuses on data literacy for cow-calf producers
Case studies and mentoring will help give farm data decision-making power
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Data Literacy for Cow-Calf Producers project aims to give farmers and ranchers the chance to discuss best practices and learn from experts and peers about how to use data to make better business decisions.
Data management has varied adoption in the cow-calf sector.
Sustainability demands pressure livestock feed industry
Reading Time: 3 minutes Farmers and the animal nutrition industry need to understand that feeding livestock today requires thinking about what comes out of an animal as much as what goes in, according to many at the Animal Nutrition Conference of Canada.
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures continue to rally, lean hogs weaken
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures rallied on Wednesday amid expectations of strength in the cash markets, while lean hog futures faced continued pressure from data showing that U.S. packers are processing a glut of pork, analysts said.