Insights and Stories on Beef Cattle

Alberta to restore non-refundable checkoff option

Apr. 11, 2017 at 8:24 pm CDT

Alberta’s farmed-commodity commissions may soon be able to make their checkoffs non-refundable again if their producer members are willing. The provincial government on Tuesday tabled amendments to the Marketing of Agricultural Products Act (MAPA) which would grant each of the province’s 13 agricultural commissions the ability to determine whether their […]

Klassen: Limited demand means mixed tone for feeders

Apr. 11, 2017 at 6:00 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Jaylor to buy U.S. TMR mixer manufacturer

Apr. 6, 2017 at 8:34 pm CDT

By Staff

Klassen: Feeder cattle upward trend stalls

Apr. 3, 2017 at 9:32 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

JBS accused of violating rainforest protection laws

Apr. 1, 2017 at 4:07 pm CDT

By Anthony Boadle

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs narrowly mixed on quarter-end positioning

Mar. 31, 2017 at 5:00 pm CDT

Chicago/Reuters – U.S. livestock futures were narrowly mixed on Friday, with live cattle edging slightly higher in a rebound from an earlier 10-day low as investors squared up their positions on the final day of the quarter, traders and analysts said. Most-active Chicago Mercantile Exchange June live cattle settled unchanged […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hog prices rally on bargain buying before USDA report

Mar. 30, 2017 at 5:12 pm CDT

Chicago/Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs finished higher on Thursday, with strength from bargain buying prior to what turned out to be a neutral U.S. government hog report after futures closed, said traders. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s quarterly hog report showed a record-large March 1 herd, with most […]

By Theopolis Waters

Klassen: Feeder cattle continue upward trend

Mar. 28, 2017 at 8:19 am CDT

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices traded $3-$5 above week-ago levels with lighter weight categories selling $6 to $8 higher. Alberta packers were buying fed cattle in the range of $286 to $288 on a dressed basis, up from $278 last week. This equates to $172-$174 on a live basis, a […]

By Jerry Klassen

JBS weighs suspending U.S. IPO

Mar. 27, 2017 at 1:56 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s JBS SA, the world’s biggest meatpacking company, will decide in coming days whether to suspend listing its overseas operations after a corruption scandal, newspaper Folha de S. Paulo said Monday. A person involved in the deal told Reuters last week JBS had no intention […]

By Reuters

‘Operation Weak Flesh’ takes bite out of Brazil’s meat exports

Mar. 24, 2017 at 8:52 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters –– Brazil’s meat exports have fallen sharply since a police investigation into alleged bribery of food-sanitation inspectors in the world’s top beef and poultry exporter sparked a wave of trade bans, an industry group said on Friday. Import restrictions by several key importers of Brazilian meat, […]

By Alberto Alerigi Thais Freitas