Insights and Stories on Livestock

Second high-path avian flu case appears in Newfoundland

Jan. 13, 2022 at 2:24 am CST

A new appearance of highly pathogenic avian flu in birds at another farm on Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula isn’t expected to affect Canada’s status as free of avian flu. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency reported Tuesday it had confirmed ‘high-path’ H5N1 avian influenza (AI) on Sunday in birds at an “additional” […]

U.S. livestock: Hog slaughter hits five-month low on Omicron spread

Jan. 12, 2022 at 6:23 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures end higher in short-covering bounce

Jan. 11, 2022 at 6:53 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

Klassen: Feeder markets start 2022 with a roar

Jan. 11, 2022 at 3:12 am CST

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs sag on Wall Street woes, worker shortages

Jan. 10, 2022 at 8:09 pm CST

By Reuters

India to allow imports of U.S. pork and products

Jan. 10, 2022 at 7:16 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — India has agreed to allow imports of U.S. pork and pork products into India, removing a longstanding barrier to U.S. agricultural trade, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said on Monday. “India’s agreement to allow U.S. pork imports for the first time […]

By Andrea Shalal

Maryland man recovering after ‘breakthrough’ pig-heart transplant

Jan. 10, 2022 at 6:39 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — A U.S. man with terminal heart disease was implanted with a genetically modified pig heart in a first-of-its-kind surgery, and three days later the patient is doing well, his doctors reported on Monday. The surgery, performed by a team at the University of Maryland Medicine, is […]

By Julie Steenhuysen

China, Philippines suspend beef imports from Canada on BSE case

Jan. 10, 2022 at 12:12 pm CST

Winnipeg | Reuters –– China and the Philippines have suspended imports of Canadian beef due to Canada’s detection in December of a cow infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), a spokesperson for Canada’s agriculture department said on Monday. The moves follow an import suspension by South Korea last month, after […]

By Rod Nickel

Swine fever found in wild boar in Italy

Jan. 7, 2022 at 7:02 pm CST

Reuters — African swine fever, a deadly hog disease, has been found in a wild boar in Italy’s Piedmont region, the regional government said in a statement on Friday. Tests confirmed the disease in a dead boar in Ovada, located about 120 km southwest of Milan in northern Italy, the […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, lean hogs fall on weaker slaughter

Jan. 7, 2022 at 5:23 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and lean hog futures fell on Friday as sluggish slaughter rates continue to drag on prices, traders said. “They’re both facing the same fundamental music – this slaughter disruption due to weather, labour tightness and COVID,” said Dennis Smith, commodity broker […]

By Christopher Walljasper