Livestock
Reading Time: < 1 minute Live and feeder cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Tuesday recovered their losses from Monday. However, lean hog prices were mixed. August live cattle gained US$3.050 per hundredweight to close at US$222.400/cwt. Tuesday’s high of US$222.750 was the contract’s second-highest daily high ever behind US$223.275 on Friday. The October live cattle contract added […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures up, hogs mixed
Meatpackers rethink beef exports to US after Trump tariffs, industry lobby says
Reading Time: < 1 minute Brazilian meatpackers are weighing whether to make new shipments of beef products to the United States after President Donald Trump announced a 50 per cent tariff on Brazil last week, Roberto Perosa, president of Brazilian beef lobby ABIEC, said.
Klassen: Western Canadian calf markets surge on New World screwworm fears
Reading Time: 2 minutes For the week ending July 12, Western Canadian yearling markets traded steady to $5 higher compared to seven days earlier. Calves weighing 550-800 pounds were quoted $5 lower to as much as $10 higher.
Adapting, innovating and thriving in Saskatchewan agriculture
Summer Series 'Next Gen': Country Guide sat down with several 2024 Outstanding Young Farmers (OYF) to learn about their experiences and plans for the future. In this instalment, we spoke with Saskatchewan regional winners Erika and Cyle Stewart
Reading Time: 5 minutes Cyle and Erika Stewart have embraced their ability to pivot and take a new approach to ranching on more than one occasion. They moved their cow herd and entire ranch operation from British Columbia to Saskatchewan in 2017, successfully navigated droughts, and are now focused on finding new ways to improve the management of their […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs
Reading Time: < 1 minute Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were weaker on Monday, coming down from recent highs.
U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues
Reading Time: < 1 minute Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were stronger on Friday, hitting fresh highs to end the week.
Trump tariff on Brazilian goods could jack up U.S. burger price
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. President Donald Trump's plan for a 50 per cent tariff on goods from Brazil will likely raise prices for the beef that is used in American hamburgers, traders and analysts said on Thursday, as food manufacturers increasingly rely on imports during a time of declining domestic production.
U.S. livestock: Cattle mixed despite fresh supply threats
Reading Time: < 1 minute Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were mixed on Thursday, with fresh contract highs in the feeder cattle market while live cattle ran into resistance at their own highs to settle with small losses.
U.S. again halts cattle imports from Mexico over flesh-eating screwworms
Reading Time: 2 minutes The flesh-eating livestock pest New World screwworm has advanced closer to the U.S. border with Mexico, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said, prompting Washington to block imports of Mexican cattle just days after it allowed them to resume at a port of entry in Arizona.
Youth focused on keeping Quebec’s dairy industry strong
Summer Series 'Making the Future': Exploring the perspectives and experiences of young up-and-comers in various sectors of Canada’s agriculture industry
Reading Time: 3 minutes In part two of our Making the Future series, Country Guide spoke with Béatrice Neveu from Rawdon, Que. (Read part one, here.) Twenty-two-year-old Neveu is a dairy farmer who milks 60 (mostly) Jersey cows alongside her dad, Steven. After completing the three-year Farm Management and Technology program at Macdonald College in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Que., she returned […] Read more
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