Insights and Stories on Beef Cattle

China to accept Canadian chilled beef, pork in pilot project

Dec. 4, 2017 at 6:03 pm CST

Exporters of Canadian beef and pork are set to get expanded access to the “massive” Chinese market through a new bilateral pilot project. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Monday announced a series of joint initiatives and agreements in several fields including “a pilot project for […]

What can go wrong with swath grazing?

Dec. 1, 2017 at 1:46 pm CST

By — Steve Kenyon

Klassen: Winter weather weighs on feeder complex

Nov. 27, 2017 at 4:50 pm CST

By Jerry Klassen

A FLARE for agriculture

Nov. 24, 2017 at 1:32 pm CST

By Angela Lovell

Klassen: Feeder market rally stalls

Nov. 20, 2017 at 7:54 pm CST

By Jerry Klassen

Russia to restrict Brazilian pork, beef imports from Dec. 1

Nov. 20, 2017 at 4:01 pm CST

Moscow/Brasilia | Reuters – Russia will place temporary restrictions on imports of pork and beef products from Brazil from Dec. 1, the country’s agricultural safety watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor said on Monday. Russia said last week it was considering a ban on all pork and beef imports from Brazil after finding the […]

By Mateus Maia Polina Devitt

U.S. livestock: Fund selloff sinks CME live cattle to 4-month low

Nov. 20, 2017 at 3:46 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell to their lowest level in four months on Monday, hit by fund selling and Friday’s bearish U.S. government cattle report, traders said. Last Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture monthly Cattle-On-Feed report showed ranchers in October placed the highest number […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S livestock: CME live cattle futures ease before USDA report

Nov. 17, 2017 at 4:48 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished the week with losses as investors tweaked positions ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture monthly Cattle-On-Feed report at 2 p.m. CST (2000 GMT), said traders. Analysts, on average, expect the report to show 7.7 percent more cattle were […]

By Theopolis Waters

Klassen: Feeder market maintains upward trend

Nov. 14, 2017 at 4:21 am CST

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were quite variable this past week. Strength was noted in the eastern Prairie regions where markets traded $5 to as much as $10 above week-ago levels; however, Alberta steer prices were relatively unchanged but heifers traded $5 to $8 higher. Available feeder supplies will tighten […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures mixed on spreading, cash declines

Nov. 9, 2017 at 7:43 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. livestock futures were widely mixed on Thursday, with nearby live cattle and lean hog contracts hitting multi-week lows in bear-spreading as traders moved into deferred positions. Worries of weaker prices in cash markets for cattle and hogs further weighed on front-month contracts while the third […]

By Michael Hirtzer