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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle plunge after USDA reports

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago / Reuters – Some Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts settled down the 3.000-cent per pound daily price limit on Monday following Friday’s bearish U.S. Department of Agriculture cattle reports, said traders. Friday’s USDA monthly Cattle-On-Feed report showed the largest June cattle placements for the month in 11 years. The twice-yearly U.S. cattle inventory […] Read more
(LaFernandiere.com)
Hogs, Livestock

Olymel to expand Quebec sausage plant

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Quebec meat packing firm Olymel is set to double the production space at the La Fernandiere sausage plant it bought last year at Trois-Rivieres. The company, an arm of major agrifood co-operative La Coop federee, announced plans to spend $8.1 million to double the plant’s area to over 45,000 square feet, setting up more space […] Read more
(Lafleur.com)
Hogs, Livestock

Olymel plans sausage production at Red Deer

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Reading Time: 2 minutes New equipment and refrigerated storage are going into Olymel’s Alberta pork processing plant at Red Deer as the facility gets into the sausage business. Pork and poultry processor Olymel, owned mainly by Quebec agribusiness co-operative La Coop federee, announced Monday it will put up $2 million to convert a section of the Red Deer plant […] Read more
Eric Schwindt says demand is helping to keep up North American hog prices. (John Greig photo)
Hogs, Livestock

Ontario hog farmers to get new options with Michigan plant

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Reading Time: 2 minutes A combination of hog prices remaining high despite good supplies and a new processing plant in nearby Michigan have Ontario hog farmers optimistic about the near future. “It’s unambiguously good news to have more processing capacity close to Ontario,” said Patrick O’Neil, Ontario Pork’s marketing division manager, at the Ontario Pork Congress. The Clemens Food […] Read more
VIDEO: Hog farmers at Ontario Pork Congress optimistic
Hogs, News

VIDEO: Hog farmers at Ontario Pork Congress optimistic

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia’s John Greig attended the recent Ontario Pork Congress in Stratford, Ont., and spoke with the chair of Ontario Pork about the future of the province’s pork industry and what role international markets are likely to play in the coming future.
(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Hog rally good news, but exports needed long-term

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — The recent rally in U.S. hog futures offers hedging opportunities and cash prices are supported for the short term, but Tyler Fulton at Hams Marketing tempers optimism for the longer-term outlook. “We have advocated for hedging, particularly for the fall and winter timeframe,” he said. However, he cautioned, the current rally is […] Read more
(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Hogs, Livestock

New Manitoba PED case pushes envelope

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Southeastern Manitoba’s latest on-farm cases of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) include one outside the buffer zones in which earlier cases have been found. According to Manitoba Pork, the province’s chief veterinary officer (CVO) on Wednesday confirmed positive tests for PED on a hog nursery operation outside an existing five-kilometre buffer zone. That case — along […] Read more
Chef Jonathan Collins cuts up a pork leg, foot included, to prepare ginger and black vinegar hog trotters in a video for Canada Pork International. (Video screengrab from CanadaPork.com)
Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Canada beats U.S. in pork sales to China – feet, elbows and all

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Reading Time: 4 minutes Winnipeg/Chicago/Beijing | Reuters — Canada has overtaken the United States as the top North American supplier of pork to China as farmers and meat packers in both nations battle for lucrative shares of the biggest global market. Canada’s pork sales to China, after a sharp rise last year, exceeded those of the U.S. in the […] Read more
Seaboard Triumph Foods’ new pork plant is under construction at Sioux City, Iowa. (Video screengrab from SeaboardTriumphFoods.com)
Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Sizzling hog market waits on new U.S. plants

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Prices for Canadian hogs are enjoying a seasonal bump as consumers prepare for the summer grilling season. In Canada, the Signature No. 5 (Maple Leaf) Index daily price was listed at $179.68 per 100 kg (ckg) on May 26. That price was up $1.11/ckg compared to the week previous, according to data […] Read more
(Regis Lefebure photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

PED’s spread alarms piglet-exporting Manitoba

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Winnipeg | Reuters — The deadly pig disease PEDv (porcine epidemic diarrhea virus) is spreading faster than expected in Manitoba, Canada’s biggest piglet-producing province. The number of cases since the beginning of May, now at 10, matches the total from the past three years combined, although the outbreak is not comparable in scale to PEDv’s […] Read more

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