Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures made modest gains on Wednesday while boxed beef values climbed on steady consumer demand.
U.S. Livestock: CME cattle rise as boxed beef values grow
U.S. livestock: Lean hog futures gain, cattle mixed
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago lean hog futures made gains on Tuesday ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Hogs and Pigs report, due Thursday.
U.S. livestock: Lean hog, cattle futures mostly lower
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago lean hog futures dropped on Monday while cattle futures edged downward.
U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle fall, hogs rise
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle futures rose, then plummeted to end the day down as the USDA released its Cattle on Feed report.
U.S. livestock: Cattle continue climb, hogs continue slide
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle contracts continued to rise on Thursday ahead of the USDA’s cattle on feed report, due Friday.
Protein Industries Canada to fund scale-up of domestic processing
Reading Time: < 1 minute A new pot of cash will help Canadian food processors reformulate products or create new goods for the domestic market in the face of trade uncertainty, Protein Industries Canada (PIC) announced Thursday.
U.S. livestock: Cattle continue climb, hogs slip back
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures climbed on Wednesday ahead of the USDA’s Cattle on Feed report, slated for release Friday.
Blois makes moves to reduce agri-food red tape
Statement may signal commitment to action, competitiveness says expert
Reading Time: 3 minutes Agriculture Minister Kody Blois says the Canadian Food Inspection Agency will begin to remove some regulatory burdens including harmonizing Canada’s bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) enhanced feed ban with U.S. requirements, and speeding up approvals for animal feed ingredients to reduce tariff costs.
Cancelling consumer carbon price a ‘step in the right direction’ says Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian Federation of Agriculture says new Prime Minister Mark Carney's removal of the consumer carbon tax will provide much-needed relief for farmers.
U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle, hog futures see strong start to week
Reading Time: < 1 minute Both live and feeder cattle futures made healthy gains to start the trading week at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, and boxed beef continued to climb on strong consumer demand.
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