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Klassen: Demand for grass cattle pushes feeder market higher

By Jerry Klassen May 21, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes For the week ending May 18, Western Canadian yearling markets were trading $3 to $5 higher compared to seven days earlier. Calf prices were relatively unchanged compared to the prior week. The feeder market appears to be consolidating near historical highs.

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Metro Ontario expands its beef sustainability sourcing

CRSB Certified Mass Balance mark to be displayed on beef in 131 stores

By GFM Network News May 17, 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minute Metro Ontario says it has achieved its 2022 sourcing commitment to buy three million pounds of beef from Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB) Certified farms and ranches by 2026, ahead of schedule.

File photo of cattle in an Alberta feedlot. (Geralyn Wichers photo)

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U.S. livestock: Rallying beef prices push CME live cattle to seven-week high

By Reuters, Tom Polansek May 16, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Wholesale beef prices have jumped this week as retailers and meat processors look ahead to the Memorial Day weekend at the end of the month. The holiday is considered the start of the peak grilling season for products like steaks and hamburgers.

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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures firm on strong demand, rising beef prices

By Karl Plume, Reuters May 15, 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures firmed for a second straight day on Wednesday as rising beef prices and strong packer demand ahead of the Memorial Day holiday weekend supported the market, analysts said.

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Unclear when tight US cattle supplies will expand, Tyson CEO says

By Reuters, Tom Polansek May 15, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Tyson Foods cannot predict exactly when U.S. ranchers will start rebuilding the cattle herd in a meaningful way, CEO Donnie King said on Wednesday, as tight supplies squeeze the meatpacker's beef business.

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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures shoot higher on rising boxed beef prices

By Reuters, Tom Polansek May 14, 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and feeder cattle futures rallied on Tuesday as soaring boxed beef prices fueled hopes for increased demand, analysts said.

File photo of cattle on pasture.(MikeEntertainment/iStock.Getty Images)

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Klassen: Feeder cattle market takes defensive tone

By Jerry Klassen May 14, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s that time of year when available supplies start to decline. At the same time, demand is limited. Most backgrounding operators have sufficient numbers and demand for grassers is waning. Ontario interest was noted in Manitoba and Eastern Saskatchewan, which appeared to sustain prices near last week’s levels.

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U.S. livestock: Live cattle retreat on heavy supplies, weak cash market

By Karl Plume, Reuters May 13, 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures eased on Monday on ample supplies of market-ready cattle and expectations for flat to lower cash cattle sales this week, traders and analysts said.

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U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures turn higher, feeder cattle lower

By P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters May 10, 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures were mixed on Friday, with live cattle contracts turning higher and a rally in Chicago corn futures Cv1 pressuring most feeder cattle contracts lower.

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Scotland reports case of mad cow disease

By Muvija M, Reuters May 10, 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Scottish government on Friday confirmed a case of classical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), known as mad cow disease, at a farm in the southwest of the country, the first British case of the disease in over two years.

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Southern California honeybees show resistance to varroa mites

Pulse Weekly: SaskPulse optimistic despite input, crop price concerns

Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

Cow-calf

Klassen: Demand for grass cattle pushes feeder market higher

Metro Ontario expands its beef sustainability sourcing

U.S. livestock: Rallying beef prices push CME live cattle to seven-week high

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures firm on strong demand, rising beef prices

Unclear when tight US cattle supplies will expand, Tyson CEO says

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures shoot higher on rising boxed beef prices

Klassen: Feeder cattle market takes defensive tone

U.S. livestock: Live cattle retreat on heavy supplies, weak cash market

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures turn higher, feeder cattle lower

Scotland reports case of mad cow disease

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