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.
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Nova Scotia launches livestock price insurance pilot
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.
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.
U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs slide ahead of long weekend
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle ended the week down ahead of the President’s Day long weekend.
U.S livestock: Hog, cattle futures choppy on tightened supply, strong demand
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures edged down on Thursday, as traders monitored slower-than-anticipated slaughter rates and an unexpectedly low supply of market-ready hogs, analysts said.
Newly funded Canadian beef research aims for sector improvements
Nine beef research projects funded through the Beef Cattle Research Council will tackle stock health issues, feed efficiency and food safety
Reading Time: 2 minutes Nine new projects have received a collective $1.43 million in funding through the Beef Cattle Research Council’s next call for study proposals. The projects are also backed by more than $3.1 million from additional sources, the organization has said.
U.S. livestock: Cattle back in the red, hogs rise
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and feeder cattle resumed their downward trend today after gains on Monday. Most active April live cattle settled at 196.000 cents per pound, down 2.125 cents. June live cattle were down 1.825 cents to 191.375 cents per pound.
Klassen: Feeder market stalls; cold temperatures, tariff threat limit sales
Reading Time: 2 minutes For the week ending February 8, the Western Canadian feeder cattle market was hard to define. Prices were softer earlier in the week but were creeping higher by Friday.