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Maple Leaf to upgrade stunning process, ‘accelerate’ on sow housing

By Country Guide Staff December 5, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes Pledging to upgrade its hog and poultry stunning processes, speed up its timeline on sow housing and step up its game on facility audits, livestock pain management and reduced antibiotic use, Maple Leaf Foods said Friday it’s now set to carve an animal care agenda into formal company policy. The major Canadian meat processor on […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Beef price retreat pares CME live cattle gains

By Theopolis Waters December 4, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Friday finished in negative territory for a third day in a row after weak wholesale beef values erased initial short-covering gains, traders said. Spot December closed 1.425 cents lower at 124.275 cents/lb., and marked a new contract low of 123.875 cents (all figures US$). […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle fall again with cash prices

By Theopolis Waters December 3, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures posted significant losses on Thursday for a second straight session, with nearby contracts posting new lows, in response to weaker cash prices, traders said. Spot December closed 3.4 cents lower, at 125.7 cents/lb., and made a new low of 124.6 cents. February closed 2.175 cents […] Read more

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VIDEO: Bluevale, Ont., family named Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers

By Country Guide Staff December 1, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minute Mike and Amy Cronin’s management skills, sound core-business values and team of trusted employees have helped build a successful international hog operation that has not only survived, but grew in often volatile market conditions. “I think it’s pretty humbling, actually,” says Amy Cronin on the couple’s win as Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmer. “It could have been any one […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Cattle fall most in two weeks on dry Plains forecast

By Michael Hirtzer December 1, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. cattle futures fell as much as 2.5 per cent on Monday, with both live and feeder cattle contracts posting their largest daily declines in two weeks on ample supplies and expectations for improved weather in the southern Plains. Snow, ice and rains slowed movement of cattle to market last week […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Cattle up for week, first time since October

By Michael Hirtzer November 27, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures edged higher on Friday, capping their first weekly gain in five weeks as wintry weather across the central U.S. slowed the movement of cattle to market. Storms from New Mexico to Illinois that brought ice, snow and pounding rain caused flooding, killing at least three […] Read more

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Hog prices fighting for stability

By Dave Sims November 27, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Canadian hog prices have been drifting slightly lower over the past few weeks but are showing signs of turning the corner, according to one industry expert in Saskatchewan. Brad Marceniuk, a provincial livestock development specialist in Saskatoon, said he expects prices to stabilize in the next couple of weeks as slaughter numbers […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Lean hogs hit three-week high as cash prices stabilize

By Michael Hirtzer November 25, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures jumped as much as two per cent on Wednesday, lifted by stabilizing cash prices and ideas the market may have bottomed out after hitting six-year lows earlier this month. Live cattle futures and feeder cattle also were higher in light-volume trading at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange ahead […] Read more

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Maple Leaf to cut 400 middle-management jobs

By Anet Josline Pinto, Rod Nickel November 25, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — Maple Leaf Foods said Wednesday it would cut 400 management jobs, or about three per cent of its workforce, saying it was ready to streamline operations after starting up Canada’s biggest meat plant. Maple Leaf, one of the country’s biggest pork processors, said the majority of the job cuts would be completed by […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle ease on profit-taking after one-week highs

By Michael Hirtzer November 25, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle and feeder cattle futures fell as much as 1.8 per cent on Tuesday as investors took profits after prices hit a one-week high in the previous session, traders and analysts said. A government report on Monday showing bigger beef supplies than a year ago also weighed on futures […] Read more

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Maple Leaf to upgrade stunning process, ‘accelerate’ on sow housing

U.S. livestock: Beef price retreat pares CME live cattle gains

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle fall again with cash prices

VIDEO: Bluevale, Ont., family named Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers

U.S. livestock: Cattle fall most in two weeks on dry Plains forecast

U.S. livestock: Cattle up for week, first time since October

Hog prices fighting for stability

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs hit three-week high as cash prices stabilize

Maple Leaf to cut 400 middle-management jobs

U.S. livestock: Cattle ease on profit-taking after one-week highs

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