Insights and Stories on Livestock

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle firm on export demand

Oct. 14, 2021 at 5:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures firmed on Thursday, as relatively steady cash cattle prices offset higher feed costs weighing on the feeder market, traders said. Meanwhile, lean hog futures continued to slide on a seasonal trend of robust supplies, even as hog slaughter […]

U.S. livestock: CME hogs near three-week low amid ample supply

Oct. 13, 2021 at 4:41 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle down on raised beef production forecasts

Oct. 12, 2021 at 5:48 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Klassen: Demand for feeder cattle eases

Oct. 11, 2021 at 9:55 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. considers faster hog slaughter paces based on staffing

Oct. 11, 2021 at 8:24 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures mixed

Oct. 11, 2021 at 8:00 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures ended mixed on Monday, as cattle prices began to see a seasonal bounce and cash cattle traders were expected to firm slightly this week, traders said. CME lean hog futures, meanwhile, slipped on technical trading and some signs of profit-taking, traders […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking knocks feeder cattle off high

Oct. 8, 2021 at 7:28 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures ended lower on Friday as profit-taking pressured the market after prices set a one-month high, traders said. The setback came after the most-active November contract had rallied more than six per cent from a four-month low set on Sept. 30. […]

By Tom Polansek

Expansions boost Maple Leaf plant’s bacon offerings

Oct. 7, 2021 at 8:30 pm CDT

The Winnipeg pork further-processing plant previously earmarked as Maple Leaf Foods’ “ham centre of excellence” now gets the same billing for bacon. The major Toronto meat processor announced Tuesday it had completed a $182 million, 73,000-square foot expansion at its Lagimodiere Boulevard prepared meats plant, to “significantly” increase its bacon […]

By Dave Bedard

Walmart stakes big claim on Canadian sustainable beef

Oct. 7, 2021 at 7:56 pm CDT

The Canadian arm of the world’s biggest retailer has put a number to its previous commitment to source certified-sustainable beef for its grocery business. Walmart Canada on Thursday announced it has committed to buy 1.5 million pounds of beef sourced from farms and ranches certified to Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable […]

By Dave Bedard

Brazil’s JBS bought 301,000 cattle from ‘irregular’ farms in Amazon, audit finds

Oct. 7, 2021 at 4:12 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Nearly a third of the cattle bought by JBS SA in the Brazilian Amazon state of Para came from ranches with “irregularities” such as illegal deforestation, prosecutors found in a 2020 audit of the world’s largest meatpacker released on Thursday. In a presentation, federal prosecutors […]

By Ana Mano