Insights and Stories on Livestock

Don’t leave money on the table when marketing cattle

Aug. 12, 2022 at 9:35 am CDT

Marketing cattle from your ranch is dependent on the pillars of marketing that we learn in ag marketing classes at many of our universities — time, form and place. Market reports and information help us choose the time of marketing. We can choose the time to negotiate or take a […]

JBS quarterly profit falls almost 10 per cent but tops estimates

Aug. 11, 2022 at 7:19 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle, hogs firm on meaty consumer demand

Aug. 11, 2022 at 5:25 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: Hog, cattle futures up on broad commodities rally

Aug. 10, 2022 at 7:52 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Lactalis to shift from milk to near-milk at Sudbury

Aug. 10, 2022 at 7:00 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures dip in technical, profit-taking pullback

Aug. 9, 2022 at 5:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell on Tuesday in a technical-selling and profit-taking setback from 3-1/2 month highs posted in the prior session. Sharply lower feeder cattle futures amid higher corn feed costs put further pressure on live cattle contracts, as both livestock markets took […]

By Karl Plume

Fairfax proposes takeover of Recipe dining group

Aug. 9, 2022 at 5:20 pm CDT

Reuters — Recipe Unlimited Corp. said on Tuesday shareholder and investment firm Fairfax Financial Holdings has proposed to take the Canadian restaurant operator private for $1.23 billion, sending its shares up nearly 50 per cent. The offer price marks a premium of more than 53 per cent to Recipe’s last […]

By Reuters

Klassen: Alberta yearling market makes fresh 52-week high

Aug. 8, 2022 at 10:03 pm CDT

The western Canadian feeder cattle market is in price discovery mode. There was a light test of yearlings and calves this past week, with prices setting fresh 52-week highs. New-crop supplies of grass cattle are coming on the market from drier pockets of Alberta. At the same time, regular feedlot […]

By Jerry Klassen

Agropur cheese plant workers take deal, halt strike

Aug. 8, 2022 at 8:15 pm CDT

Milk delivery to a major cheese plant in Eastern Canada is expected to resume soon as unionized employees at dairy co-operative Agropur’s facility at Granby, Que. end a five-and-a-half-week strike. The plant’s 250-odd workers, represented by the Syndicat des salaries de la fromagerie — an arm of Centrale des syndicats […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures up with cash prices, tightening supplies

Aug. 8, 2022 at 6:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures climbed to a 3-1/2 month peak on Monday, supported by firm cash market prices and tightening supplies. Falling corn feed prices supported feeder cattle futures, while lean hog contracts also gained and touched the highest level since June 2021. CME […]

By Reuters