Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle futures rallied on Monday following losses in the previous trading session. Hogs also rose. Most-active December live cattle contracts closed at 236.275 cents a pound, up 4.350 cents. October live cattle settled at 234.600 cents a pound, up 4.625 cents. Most-traded October feeder cattle futures settled at 354.500 cents a pound, up 8.700 […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rally, hogs rise
Quebec pork company calls for transparency around gene-edited pigs
Reading Time: 2 minutes Quebec-based pork company duBreton is calling for transparency around meats from gene-edited pigs on concerns that a lack of mandatory labelling will confuse consumers, and dilute certification claims. The organic sector is also calling for labelling rules.
U.S. livestock: Cattle make gains, hogs mixed
Reading Time: < 1 minute Most Chicago cattle futures rose on Wednesday after Tuesday’s hard fall. Hogs settled on either side of unchanged. Most-active October live cattle futures closed at 231.150 cents per pound, up 0.975 cents. December contracts settled at 232.675 cents a pound, up 1.500 cents. Nearby feeder cattle futures rose, while deferred contracts lost steam. Most-traded October […] Read more
Crop input costs to rise in 2026: FCC
Reading Time: 2 minutes Crop input costs are expected to rise in 2026, while crop prices are expected to come down, according to Farm Credit Canada’s analysis.
Saskatchewan root researcher honoured by Royal Society of Canada
Reading Time: 2 minutes Leon Kochian, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Global Food Security at the University of Saskatchewan received a fellowship from the Royals Society of Canada. Kochian has spent four decades studying root architecture.
Strong borders bill could increase temporary foreign worker vulnerability says National Farmers Union
Bill C-2 would give federal government ability to cancel or modify swaths of immigration documents, permits
Reading Time: 3 minutes The National Farmers Union (NFU) says Bill C-2, called the Strong Borders Act, might increase the vulnerability of temporary foreign workers.
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures climb, lean hogs also rise
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle futures climbed on Friday after dipping on Thursday due to technical selling. Lean hogs also rose.
Farm cash receipts rise in first half of 2025 on livestock gains
Crop receipts roughly level, direct payments fall on reduced crop insurance
Reading Time: 2 minutes Farm cash receipts in the first half of the year were up 3.3 per cent over the same period last year buoyed by livestock receipts. Overall receipts between January and June totalled $49.6 billion, up $1.6 billion from the same period last year, Statistics Canada reported.
Precision ag, right to repair policies priority for Association of Equipment Manufacturers
Reading Time: 2 minutes Policies that help farmers adopt precision technology and maintain their right to repair are among priorities for the Association of Equipment Manufacturers ahead of the fall parliamentary session.
U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs rise
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle and lean hog futures continued to climb on Wednesday.
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