Insights and Stories on Beef Cattle

U.S. September cattle placements surge

Oct. 20, 2017 at 7:48 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Ranchers in September drove 13.5 per cent more cattle into U.S. feedlots than the same month a year earlier, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported on Friday. The result topped analysts’ average forecasts and hit its highest level for the month in six years. “The good […]

Brazil court unfreezes JBS owners’ assets

Oct. 19, 2017 at 5:37 pm CDT

By Reuters

JBS shuts seven plants in Brazil after asset freeze

Oct. 18, 2017 at 9:02 pm CDT

By Reuters

Alberta rancher, advocate James Hargrave, 34

Oct. 18, 2017 at 6:42 pm CDT

By Staff

Cattle management and pasture rotation with Gallagher’s Jack Kyle – AGDealerTV

Oct. 18, 2017 at 12:55 pm CDT

Klassen: Feeder cattle market surges

Oct. 17, 2017 at 2:30 pm CDT

Western Canadian feeder cattle markets experienced a precipitous bounce over the past week. Compared to seven days earlier, yearling traded $4-$6 higher; calf markets were trading $3 to as much as $10 above week-ago levels; prices for feather-light bawlers surged with 300- to 400-pounders touching the magical $300 level in […]

By Jerry Klassen

JBS pulls plan for U.S. unit IPO

Oct. 16, 2017 at 5:04 pm CDT

Sao Paulo/Brasilia | Reuters –– JBS SA has pulled a planned US$500 million U.S. initial public offering of processed food subsidiary JBS Foods International BV, almost six months after a spree of corruption and food safety scandals in Brazil hurt investor demand for the deal. In a Friday filing with […]

By Guillermo Parra-Bernal Jake Spring

Japan to propose changes to beef import safeguards in talks with U.S.

Oct. 12, 2017 at 8:05 pm CDT

Tokyo | Reuters — Japan will propose changes to its safeguard mechanism on frozen U.S. beef imports that will shorten review periods and allow importers to voluntarily lower import volumes to prevent tariffs from automatically kicking in, two government sources said on Thursday. The proposal will be made at the […]

By Takashi Umekawa

CME plans no more changes to cattle contract for now

Oct. 11, 2017 at 9:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — CME Group plans no further moves to reduce volatility in its cattle futures market, after making a series of changes to rein in wild price swings that drove away hedgers, a managing director said on Wednesday. Over the past two years, the exchange operator, which owns […]

By Tom Polansek

JBS owners ‘profited’ from inside information, Brazil police say

Oct. 10, 2017 at 7:23 pm CDT

Brasilia | Reuters — Brazil’s police investigation into insider trading by the owners of the world’s largest meatpacker JBS SA has found that they made a profit by taking financial positions before details of their plea bargain deal with prosecutors became public, the head of the probe said Tuesday. Police […]

By Reuters