Insights and Stories on Livestock

Feed weekly outlook: DDGs becoming another feed option

Aug. 9, 2021 at 9:51 am CDT

MarketsFarm – As traditional feed grains such as barley and wheat become more expensive due to persistent drought-like conditions in the Prairies, many feedlots are using alternative sources of feed for their animals. Dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGs), the grain by-products which remain after starch has been fermented through […]

Cargill, Continental Grain to buy chicken producer Sanderson Farms for $4.5 bln

Aug. 9, 2021 at 9:32 am CDT

By Chavi Mehta Praveen Paramasivam

U.S. livestock: Live cattle firms on improved cash, holiday demand

Aug. 6, 2021 at 5:19 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

Take care in your livestock feed sources this season

Aug. 6, 2021 at 10:28 am CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs fall on anticipated larger supplies

Aug. 5, 2021 at 5:30 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle firm on scarce supply and firmer cash markets

Aug. 4, 2021 at 3:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures firmed on Wednesday as cash trade firmed and wholesale beef prices march higher, traders said. “We have some tighter market-ready cattle supplies right now. The outlook is for supplies to tighten further later in the year and into next year,” […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs firm as market-ready supplies remain soft

Aug. 3, 2021 at 5:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures gained for a second day on Tuesday, supported by lower supplies of market ready hogs as the August futures contract nears expiration. “Until we start seeing better numbers coming forward on packer runs, I think that’s going to elevate things […]

By Christopher Walljasper

Dominican Republic to kill thousands of pigs over swine fever outbreak

Aug. 3, 2021 at 5:14 pm CDT

Santo Domingo | Reuters – The Dominican Republic will slaughter tens of thousands of pigs after detecting outbreaks of African swine fever in 11 of the country’s 32 provinces, authorities said on Monday. Fernando Duran, administrator of the state-run Banco Agricola, told a news conference the government will pay pig farmers the […]

By Ezequiel Abiu Lopez

Klassen: Drought conditions spur on fall cattle run

Aug. 3, 2021 at 9:01 am CDT

Compared to last week, Western Canadian feeder yearling prices were relatively unchanged; calves traded $2 to $5 lower. The fall run has started. Drought like conditions have caused many ranchers to sell cattle 30 to 45 days earlier than normal. Steers averaging 900 pounds were readily trading in the range […]

By Jerry Klassen

Dominican Republic restricts pig shipments after ASF confirmed

Jul. 30, 2021 at 3:16 pm CDT

Reuters – The Dominican Republic is restricting pig shipments and mobilizing the military to contain the spread of African swine fever (ASF), the agriculture ministry said July 29, as the United States and Mexico tightened border checks to avoid infections. In an official statement July 29, Canadian Food Inspection Agency […]

By Tom Polansek