Insights and Stories on Livestock

More penguins dying of avian flu at Cape Town colony

Oct. 4, 2022 at 9:09 pm CDT

Cape Town | Reuters — More penguins have died from avian flu at the colony at Cape Town’s Boulders beach, a popular tourist attraction and an important breeding site in South Africa, raising concerns for the species and for other seabirds. David Roberts, a clinical veterinarian at the South African […]

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs, live cattle retreat on technical selling

Oct. 4, 2022 at 7:55 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Dairy commission fills board vacancy

Oct. 3, 2022 at 11:29 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs up on technical buying, short-covering

Oct. 3, 2022 at 7:16 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Saskatchewan, Ontario ban birds at events

Oct. 3, 2022 at 3:44 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle lower, underpinned by tight supply

Sep. 30, 2022 at 6:42 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Benchmark live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange eased on Friday, pressured by softening cash trade across the U.S. Plains, though markets remain supported by tightening supplies as producers continue to liquidate their herds, analysts said. “Our short-term supply issues are still front and centre. […]

By Christopher Walljasper

Saskatchewan, Manitoba to boost vet college seat quotas

Sep. 29, 2022 at 8:57 pm CDT

Updated, Sept. 30 — With livestock producers’ needs at top of mind, 10 more student seats at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan will be spoken for starting next year. The college and the Saskatchewan and Manitoba governments on Thursday announced the two provinces will […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: CME December hogs ease

Sep. 29, 2022 at 5:09 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Benchmark December lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange eased on Thursday ahead of the U.S. Agriculture Department’s quarterly hog and pigs report, released after the market closed. CME October hogs firmed 0.75 cent at 89.45 cents/lb., but most-active December hogs fell 0.1 cent to […]

By Christopher Walljasper

Florida farmers scramble to reach cattle after Hurricane Ian

Sep. 29, 2022 at 4:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Farmers in Florida rushed to reach their cattle on Thursday after trees downed by Hurricane Ian broke fences used to contain the animals and rain from the fierce storm flooded fields used for grazing. One of the mightiest storms to hit the U.S. mainland in recent […]

By Tom Polansek

Smithfield Foods to pay US$75 million in pork price-fixing settlement

Sep. 29, 2022 at 3:23 pm CDT

Reuters — Smithfield Foods has agreed to pay US$75 million to settle a lawsuit by consumers who accused the meat producer and several competitors of conspiring to inflate prices in the $20 billion-a-year U.S. pork market by limiting supply. A preliminary settlement in the antitrust case was filed on Tuesday […]

By jonathan-stempel