Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle futures slipped back on Friday after Thursday’s pause. Hog futures crept upward. Most-active December live cattle futures closed at 229.675 cents a pound, down 1.425 cents. February contracts closed at 227.675 cents per pound, down 1.825 cents. Most-traded January feeder cattle futures settled at 331.900 cents per pound, down 2.325 cents. March feeders […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Cattle slip back, hogs gain
Farm gate milk price to rise in 2026
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Dairy Commission will raise its farm gate milk price by 2.3255 per cent in February, the Crown corporation announced on Friday.
U.S. livestock: Cattle regain ground, hogs dip
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle futures regained ground on Wednesday after falling off a cliff late last week. Most-active December live cattle contracts closed at 230.900 cents a pound, up 4.325 cents. February futures settled at 229.450 cents, up 5.350 cents per pound. Most-traded January feeder cattle futures gained 9.150 cents to close at 334.025 cents per pound. […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Feeders continue to fall; live cattle level out
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago live cattle futures leveled out to finish on either side of unchanged, Tuesday, after days of precipitous declines. Feeders continued to fall. Most-active December live cattle contracts closed at 226.575 cents a pound, down 0.600 cents. February contracts rose by 0.100 cents to settle at 224.100 cents per pound. Most-traded January feeder cattle futures […] Read more
Federal agriculture minister to meet with Chinese officials, business leaders
Reading Time: < 1 minute Federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald is in China this week in hopes of strengthening agricultural ties between the countries.
U.S. livestock: Cattle fall sharply as Trump says he’s working to lower beef costs
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle futures fell sharply on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump said his administration was working to lower the cost of beef. “We are working on beef, and I think we have a deal on beef,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Thursday. “No specifics were released on any plan, though the market is taking a […] Read more
U.S. agricultural trade in a widening deficit, study shows
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. agricultural imports now exceed exports and the deficit is expected to worsen, according to a study from the University of Illinois.
Thirty-six employers banned from Temporary Foreign Worker program, federal agency says
Reading Time: 2 minutes In the last fiscal year, 36 employers were banned from the Temporary Foreign Worker program — a threefold increase from the previous year — the federal government said this week.
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures spike, hogs mixed
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle futures closed sharply up on Monday while lean hog futures were mixed. “Two large trades were seen at two different levels in the feeder cattle market, suggesting this may have been a short covering rally,” wrote analyst Christopher B. Swift. Most-active November feeders closed at 360.800 cents a pound, up 5.375 cents. January […] Read more
Association of Equipment Manufacturers sets up lobby in Ottawa
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Association of Equipment Manufacturers, an organization representing North America’s agriculture and construction equipment makers, is setting up an office in Ottawa.
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