Reading Time: 2 minutes The portfolio consists of Yougawalla Pastoral Co and Argyle Cattle Co. It's a large-scale cattle breeding business spanning nearly 3 million hectares (7.4 million acres) or largely leased land in the Kimberly region of Western Australia, AIMCo said in the news release.
Alberta investment firm acquires Australian cattle portfolio
This is AIMCo's second agricultural acquisition 'down under' in the last two years
Brazilian state launches mandatory tracking of cattle to stop deforestation
The state government plans to track all 24 million cattle in the Para region by the end of 2026
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s Para state, which leads the country for the highest levels of Amazon rainforest destruction, will launch a mandatory program to track cattle in a bid to crack down on related deforestation, a partner in the project said on Friday. Cattle pasture is the most common initial use for deforested […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME cattle drop on fund selling, beef demand concerns
Chicago lean hogs continue higher
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures dropped on Thursday after two sessions of gains, pressured by fund long liquidation and as higher corn feed prices and worries about demand for high-priced beef cuts hung over the market. Technical selling accelerated the break, the live cattle market’s sixth in the last eight sessions, […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME cattle gain for second straight day after selloff
Chicago lean hog futures also firm
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures rose for a second consecutive session on Wednesday on short covering and follow-through technical and bargain buying after the market plunged to multi-month lows to start the week. Improving packer margins and futures’ steep discount to cash cattle prices also supported the market following the fund-selling […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME cattle up on short covering, discount to cash
Short covering also lifts CME hogs
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures surged on Tuesday in a short-covering rebound from multi-month lows in the prior session, supported by the market’s steep discount to cash market prices. Feeder cattle futures rose by as much as the daily trading limit, triggering expanded limits for both feeders and live cattle for […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Fund selling sends CME cattle to multi-month lows
February hogs touch contract low
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures tumbled sharply for a second straight session on Monday on fund long liquidation, technical selling and concerns about slowing beef demand and rising supplies. Actively traded February live cattle dropped to an eight-month low while several deferred-month contracts posted life-of-contract lows. January feeder cattle plunged more […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME cattle collapse to March lows
Chicago February hogs set contract low
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Cattle futures sank to their lowest levels in nearly eight months at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Friday on increased concerns about easing demand for U.S. beef. Technical selling accelerated the slide after funds recently liquidated long positions, traders said. “We don’t know what demand is going to be a year […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs mixed after approaching four-week low
Chicago cattle futures end lower
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Lean hog futures hit their lowest level in about four weeks on Wednesday before ending mixed as traders adjusted positions before the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. The market has dropped about eight per cent since rising on Nov. 7 to the highest price in more than a month, as ample U.S. supplies […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs near four-week low amid large supply
Cattle futures slip lower
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell to their lowest price in nearly four weeks on Tuesday as large supplies hung over the market. Technical selling added pressure on prices as December hogs dropped below 70 cents/lb. for the first time since Nov. 1, analysts said (all figures US$). The contract […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle top one-week high
Traders digest U.S. cattle placements data; December hogs lower
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. feeder cattle futures and deferred live cattle futures finished higher on Monday after the government reported placements in feedlots were lower than analysts expected last month. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in monthly data issued after the close of trading on Friday, said producers placed 3.8 per cent more cattle […] Read more
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