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U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hog futures hit two week lows on robust supplies

Apr. 25, 2022 at 5:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – CME Group live cattle and hog futures fell to two-week lows on Monday, pressured by bearish government supply reports released late on Friday. “There’s no shortage of market supplies or beef production until the fourth quarter at the earliest,” brokerage StoneX wrote in a note to […]

High-path avian flu arrives in Manitoba poultry

Apr. 25, 2022 at 10:30 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

H7N3 avian flu found in chickens in Mexico, near Texas border

Apr. 25, 2022 at 8:39 am CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle retreat off two-month high

Apr. 22, 2022 at 7:14 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

McDonald’s calls Icahn demands on sourcing pigs ‘unfeasible’

Apr. 22, 2022 at 12:09 am CDT

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss

File photo of a small flock of tundra swans taking off from a grain field in early spring.

Spring planting work can kick up avian flu, feather sector warns

Apr. 21, 2022 at 11:20 pm CDT

Spring planting work could soon start to bring unintended gifts left by wild birds from fields into farmyards, Ontario’s poultry and egg sectors warn, as more cases of avian flu are confirmed at poultry farms across the country. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Thursday reported three additional outbreaks of […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle hit two-month peak

Apr. 21, 2022 at 7:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange jumped to a two-month high on Thursday, led by firming cash cattle markets and optimism about a seasonal climb in U.S. beef demand as the summer grilling season nears, traders said. CME June live cattle futures settled up […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle near two-month high

Apr. 20, 2022 at 8:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange hit their highest in nearly two months on Wednesday, led by firming prices for market-ready cattle in the cash market, traders said. Live cattle traded as high as $146 per hundredweight (cwt) in eastern Nebraska cash markets, traders […]

By Julie Ingwersen

High-path bird flu reaches Manitoba airspace

Apr. 20, 2022 at 2:00 pm CDT

Manitoba’s feather sectors and backyard flock owners are being reminded to take the necessary precautions now that highly pathogenic avian flu has been confirmed in wild birds found last week. The province’s natural resources department reported Wednesday that the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC) has confirmed the presence of high-path […]

By Dave Bedard

Klassen: Yearling prices soften but calves drop sharply

Apr. 19, 2022 at 7:35 pm CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices unchanged to $4 lower on average while calves were down $4 to as much as $8 in some cases. The steer-heifer spread appeared to widen by $2-$3 for yearlings and $3-$6 for calves. Adverse weather set a negative tone and the market […]

By Jerry Klassen