Dairy Cattle, Guide Business

After a decade in agriculture, these new farmers weigh in

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Lorraine Stevenson, Tom Button

Crops, Guide Business, Livestock

East coast ag has plenty of room for more

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Ralph Pearce

Dairy Cattle, Guide Business

Pooling resources

Posted on March 24, 2020 by Kim Waalderbos

Must Reads

• Guide Business, Livestock

  Young and farming in Austria

  Clouds shroud the mountains in grey, and snow covers the cherry trees and the pastures. “You’re missing a spectacular alpine…

  March 23, 2020

• Guide Business, Livestock

  On board at WestGen

  WestGen began life in Surrey, B.C in September 1944 under the moniker of the Lower Fraser Valley Artificial Insemination Association,…

  October 31, 2019

• Guide Business, Livestock

  AgriProfit$ helping beef up Alberta’s farm sector

  There’s one word that gets used by the farmers Country Guide interviewed after taking part in Alberta Agriculture and Forestry’s…

  October 29, 2019

• Beef Cattle, Guide Business

  ‘There’s no place like first place’ says billionaire cattleman

  What does success mean to you? If you posed that question to billionaire cattleman Bob Funk — who grew up…

  September 26, 2019

• Dairy Cattle, Guide Business

  Early days

  Just like any farm kid, Owen Fijala grew up helping out on the family grain farm near Manitou in south-central…

  June 12, 2019

• Hogs, Soybeans

  Definitely the road less travelled

  Brett Israel is looked upon as a young, entrepreneurial producer with one eye firmly fixed on the road ahead, while…

  June 5, 2019

Livestock, Reuters

Mink infected two humans with COVID-19, Dutch government says

By Toby Sterling 5 hours ago

Reading Time: 2 minutes Amsterdam | Reuters — Mink with the coronavirus have infected two people in the Netherlands in what are probably the first such cases of transmission during the epidemic, government and health authorities said on Monday. Mink carrying the virus were found on four of the 155 farms in the country where they are bred for […] Read more

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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live and feeder cattle futures slip

Thursday's cold storage data seen as disappointing

By Christopher Walljasper 3 days ago

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live and feeder cattle futures closed lower on Friday after disappointing cold storage data the previous day and ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s cattle on feed report in the afternoon. Lean hog futures also dropped, as backups continue at slaughter facilities, traders said. The nearby CME live cattle […] Read more

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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs, live cattle gain against cash markets

Cold storage meat supplies down slightly, USDA says

By Christopher Walljasper 4 days ago

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live hog futures gained on Thursday on short-covering as contracts strengthened against cash markets, traders said. CME live cattle futures firmed, while feeder cattle dipped ahead of Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture cattle on feed report. The nearby CME June lean hogs gained 2.475 cents, to 59.35 cents/lb., while the […] Read more

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Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets

JBS resumes second shift at Alberta beef plant

Out of 650 COVID cases at plant, 11 are 'active'

By Dave Bedard 4 days ago

Reading Time: 2 minutes Meat giant JBS’s Alberta beef packing plant has resumed two daily shifts as of Thursday, as fewer than a dozen of its 2,600-plus employees are now sidelined by COVID-19. The JBS plant at Brooks, about 170 km east of Calgary, is “slowly returning to two shifts as of today,” the company said Thursday in a […] Read more

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Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets

President’s cattle call finds expected marks in U.S.

Trump suggests killing trade pacts with unnamed cattle-exporting nations

By Dave Bedard 5 days ago

Reading Time: 3 minutes U.S. President Donald Trump’s remarks Tuesday about imports of live cattle into the United States resonated predictably among that country’s various cattle producer groups. At a White House event Tuesday, flanked by U.S. farm and ranch leaders and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue for a multi-billion-dollar COVID-19-related farm aid announcement, Trump said he “read yesterday where […] Read more

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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures slip as slaughter rises

CME lean hog futures firm

By Reuters 5 days ago

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures fell on Wednesday, as cattle continue to back up, despite slaughter plants’ coming back online, traders said. CME lean hog futures firmed despite rising kill numbers, as social distancing rules in plants keep slaughter below normal rates. The nearby CME June live cattle futures contract settled down […] Read more

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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hog futures fall

Live cattle futures firm while slaughter numbers rise

By Mark Weinraub May 19, 2020

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures fell on Tuesday, pressured by an increase in daily slaughter totals as pork plants come back online, traders said. CME live cattle futures firmed despite rising kill numbers, with the most-actively traded contract passing through a key technical benchmark. The nearby CME June live cattle futures contract settled […] Read more

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Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Trump floats halt to U.S. cattle imports as pandemic hurts ranchers

'We have a lot of cattle in this country'

By Steve Holland, Tom Polansek May 19, 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutes Washington/Chicago | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the United States should consider terminating trade deals under which it imports cattle as he looks to help U.S. ranchers hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak. The United States imports cattle from Mexico and Canada to supplement domestic supplies at lower prices and to […] Read more

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Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market jumps on renewed optimism

Weekly slaughter pace improving

By Jerry Klassen May 19, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle over 800 lbs. traded $8-$10 higher while lighter weight categories were up $4 to as much as $12 in some cases. Feeder cattle under 800 lbs. were very well bid across the Prairies; feeder cattle under 700 lbs. are now trading at prices similar to late February, […] Read more

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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle book third day of gains

CME to change cattle futures trading rules

By Mark Weinraub May 19, 2020

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures rose for the third day in a row on Monday, hitting their highest since April 1, with ongoing strength in the cash markets leading the way higher, traders said. Hog contracts were lower, with the front-month contract sinking to its lowest since April 29. The nearby CME […] Read more

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