Insights and Stories on Livestock

Olymel’s striking Quebec workers get layoff ultimatum

Aug. 24, 2021 at 4:37 pm CDT

Updated — The threat of job losses for about half the unionized workers at a major pork packing plant in Quebec is its owners’ latest bid to end a four-month strike. Olymel announced Tuesday it will “abolish” the evening shift at its hog slaughter and processing plant at Vallee-Jonction, about […]

Time for arbitration in Olymel strike, PQ says

Aug. 23, 2021 at 8:07 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

StatsCan sees higher cattle, hog inventories at July 1

Aug. 23, 2021 at 5:10 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: CME cattle rebound on improving cash markets, beef prices

Aug. 20, 2021 at 6:39 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

Watch water quality and mineral consumption during drought

Aug. 20, 2021 at 10:15 am CDT

By Lisa Guenther

U.S. training ag staff to track, trap, kill ‘murder hornets’

Aug. 19, 2021 at 7:53 pm CDT

Blaine, Wash. | Reuters — The first Asian giant hornet nest of the year has been found in Washington state, and plans are being developed to eradicate it, likely next week, the state’s agriculture department said on Thursday. The so-called stinging “murder hornets,” the world’s largest hornets, can grow to […]

By Tim Exton

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs drop in broader commodities sell-off

Aug. 19, 2021 at 7:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Cattle and hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange fell on Thursday, tracking broader market pressure amid worries about global growth and despite rising prices for beef and pork, traders said. Crude oil fell to its lowest levels since May and the U.S. dollar surged to […]

By Karl Plume

Striking Quebec pork plant staff reject deal with Olymel

Aug. 18, 2021 at 5:51 pm CDT

Quebec’s hog farmers now want Premier Francois Legault to step in on a months-long strike at a major pork packing plant after its workers rejected a tentative deal between their union and employer. Workers at Olymel’s plant at Vallee-Jonction, about 60 km southeast of Quebec City, met Tuesday evening to […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: CME cattle up on firm cash market, beef prices

Aug. 18, 2021 at 4:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange firmed on Wednesday on higher cash cattle and beef prices, while feeder cattle gained as rains were forecast to hit drought-parched grazing pastures in the western Midwest and northern Plains, traders said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs, live cattle end lower on uncertain demand

Aug. 17, 2021 at 6:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange ended lower on Tuesday on long liquidation and uncertainty about demand for various cuts of pork, traders said. Benchmark CME October lean hogs settled down 1.1 cents, or 1.2 per cent, at 87.9 cents/lb., retreating from Monday’s nearly […]

By Julie Ingwersen