Insights and Stories on Beef Cattle

Lethbridge College to set up farm BRM curriculum

Jan. 21, 2015 at 8:28 pm CST

One of the first initiatives to be set up in Lethbridge College’s new agribusiness program will be a business risk management curriculum, drafted in a new partnership with the province’s cattle feeders association. The college and Alberta Cattle Feeders Association announced Wednesday they’ll jointly develop programming to be “offered in […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle bounce with beef prices

Jan. 21, 2015 at 3:13 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle resume downtrend, but off lows

Jan. 20, 2015 at 5:35 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

Merck funds tests of lower Zilmax doses

Jan. 19, 2015 at 7:43 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter Tom Polansek

Klassen: Feeders trade $2 to $6 higher

Jan. 19, 2015 at 12:59 pm CST

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle snap eight-day losing skid

Jan. 16, 2015 at 6:03 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle posted modest gains on Friday on short-covering before Monday’s Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday that snapped an eight-day string of losses, traders said. The U.S. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday could result in roughly 5,000 fewer cattle and 30,000 less hogs […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: More CME live cattle selling as cash prices plunge

Jan. 15, 2015 at 5:49 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle ended lower in volatile trade on Thursday, pressured by residual fund liquidation and the steep drop in cash prices, traders said. CME live cattle’s selloff extended losses to eight straight days. The February contract’s limit-down move on Tuesday delayed the “roll” […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Active fund selloff extends CME live cattle losses

Jan. 14, 2015 at 4:23 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle fell for a seventh straight session on Wednesday as funds liquidated positions in association with their yearly rebalancing of commodities, traders said. Funds involved in CME’s livestock markets that follow the Standard + Poor’s Goldman Sachs Commodity Index (S+P GSCI) sold, […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle tumble on more fund liquidation

Jan. 13, 2015 at 4:10 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle posted heavy losses on Tuesday after funds kept selling February long contracts while simultaneously rolling them into back months, traders said. Funds involved in CME’s livestock markets that follow the Standard + Poor’s Goldman Sachs Commodity Index (S+P GSCI) shifted their […]

By Theopolis Waters

Veal processor Ecolait to revive Charlevoix brand

Jan. 12, 2015 at 6:08 pm CST

Quebec veal producer and processor Ecolait has announced plans to pick up and redevelop a well known brand name in the sector. St. Hyacinthe-based Ecolait, which markets veal under the Vivo brand, said Friday it’s bought the Le Veau Charlevoix brand, for an undisclosed sum, “in order to relaunch it.” Le […]

By Staff