Livestock
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 futures gain, cattle mixed
Klassen: Feeder cattle follow live cattle futures higher
Reading Time: 2 minutes For the week ending March 22, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded steady to $5 higher on average. Higher quality strings under 600 pounds traded $5 to as much as $10 higher in some cases but the lighter weight categories were quite variable across the Prairies.
DLG North America appoints new managing director
Canadian Dairy Expo set for April 2-3
Reading Time: < 1 minute DLG (German Agricultural Society) has appointed Ulrike Schmidt-Machinek as the managing director at its new DLG North America subsidiary based in Elora, Ont.
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.
UK detects first case of bird flu in a sheep, stoking fears of spread
Reading Time: 2 minutes Bird flu has been detected in a sheep in northern England, the first known case of its kind in the world, Britain's government said, adding to the growing list of mammals infected by the disease and fuelling fears of a pandemic.
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.
Federal government vows to crack down on spent fowl fraud
Chicken imported under false pretenses costs the Canadian sector millions, says Chicken Farmers of Canada
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) will be working together to crack down on spent fowl fraud.
Feed Grain Weekly: Prices stand still amidst tariff troubles
Politics driving feed grain markets
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tariffs from China and the United States have paralyzed feed grain markets in Western Canada according to Market Master Ltd. owner Susanne Leclerc from Edmonton.
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.
A message from April Stewart, Country Guide's Associate Editor
