Reading Time: 3 minutes The Canadian Cattle Association says threatened 25 per cent tariffs would cut Canadian wholesale beef prices by 13 per cent, but effects would be tempered slightly by the low Canadian dollar.
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Threat of tariffs looms at Saskatchewan Beef Industry Conference
Cattle groups take advocacy to U.S. livestock producers, say they need to know how tariffs will affect them
Australia cashes in on beef exports as US cattle herd shrinks
Reading Time: 3 minutes A slump in U.S. beef production has opened the door for Australia to export record amounts of meat, growing its market share in North America and Asia and channelling billions of dollars to cattle processors and farmers.
Beef cow, replacement heifer numbers suggest producers aren’t ready to grow herds: FCC
Reading Time: < 1 minute Beef cattle prices have trended above the five-year average, but low numbers of replacement heifers and beef cows suggests producers aren't ready to grow cattle herds.
National Beef Strategy celebrates gains
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Beef Advisors, comprised of national beef organizations, is celebrating achieving many of the goals in the 2020-24 National Beef Strategy.
Total US cattle herd drops to lowest level since 1951 – USDA
Easing dryness could encourage ranchers to begin rebuilding beef herds
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters - The total number of U.S. cattle fell to its lowest level since 1951 as of Jan. 1, in the herd's fifth consecutive year of decline, U.S. Department of Agriculture data showed on Wednesday.
Klassen: Yearling return to the lineup on strong demand
Frigid temperatures result in limited volumes
Reading Time: 2 minutes The market hasn’t missed a beat and started the year where it left in December. The only difference is there are larger supplies of yearlings coming on stream. The benchmark levels had backgrounded steers averaging 1,000 pounds trading from $280-$285/cwt with top bids rounding at $290/cwt. Steers averaging 850-pounds were averaging $300/cwt with top-notch larger groups peaking at $305.
Beef sector calls for Health Canada label exception
The Canadian Cattlemen's Association wants ground beef exempted from proposed rules
Reading Time: 2 minutes The cattle sector is less than pleased by a Health Canada proposal that would put a ‘high saturated fat’ label on retail ground beef. The proposal is part of a suite of changes proposed for Canada’s Food and Drug Regulations. As well as adding a front-of-packaging (FOP) label requirement for foods deemed by Health Canada […] Read more
Market access, income supports come with Trans-Pacific pact
Reading Time: 5 minutes Canada’s federal government has pledged a suite of compensation programs for supply-managed dairy, poultry and egg sectors, against what it promises will be a mousehole in Canada’s tariff wall. Federal officials on Monday confirmed negotiations have concluded on the multilateral Trans-Pacific Partnership, now billed as “the largest, most ambitious free trade initiative in history.” The […] Read more
JBS doesn’t see Brazil beef exports to U.S. before 2016
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sao Paulo | Reuters — Meatpacker JBS expects fresh beef exports from Brazil to the U.S. to begin no earlier than 2016, later than the Brazilian government predicted, CEO Wesley Batista said Friday. An agreement between the two countries was signed in June, when Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff visited Washington, but Batista said it would […] Read more
U.S. seen approving Brazil fresh beef imports
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sao Paulo | Reuters –– Brazil’s agriculture ministry said on Friday the U.S. is likely to approve imports of Brazilian fresh beef this year, after President Dilma Rousseff visits Washington in June. Brazil, the world’s top beef exporter, is already a steady exporter of cooked beef that appears in items such as canned corned beef […] Read more
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