Insights and Stories on Livestock

‘Time is ticking’ on drought response for beef cattle sector

Jul. 20, 2021 at 6:55 pm CDT

As Canada’s beef farmers and ranchers face drought, industry leaders are trying to find ways to secure feed and help those forced to sell rebuild their herds. B.C. ranchers are dealing with high temperatures that have “parched the grass that was there,” Kevin Boone, general manager of B.C. Cattlemen’s Association, […]

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs firm on strong pork demand

Jul. 20, 2021 at 4:55 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

Klassen: Feeder market stays firm

Jul. 20, 2021 at 2:03 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle firm on tighter supplies

Jul. 19, 2021 at 6:37 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: Firm cash markets lift hog futures

Jul. 16, 2021 at 6:50 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Is the veterinarian shortage real or regional?

Jul. 16, 2021 at 9:47 am CDT

There was a time when a veterinary help-wanted ad, even for a large-animal practice, would receive a healthy number of applications. Not anymore. A perceived global shortage of veterinarians is creating an urban-rural, companion-large animal bidding war for salary, incentives and work-life balance to attract applicants. Why it matters: Rural […]

By Diana Martin

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle drift lower

Jul. 15, 2021 at 6:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures drifted lower on Thursday in lacklustre trade, with disappointing weekly export sales data and softening wholesale beef cutout prices adding pressure, analysts said. “The fact that the cutout on beef has been drifting lower just doesn’t give the market a […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle fall on corn rally

Jul. 14, 2021 at 7:56 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower Wednesday, led by weakness in feeder cattle futures and profit-taking after a near two-week high, traders said. CME feeder futures set the tone, falling one per cent as corn futures jumped on worries about dry U.S. weather, a […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Saskatchewan raises salvage threshold for parched crops

Jul. 14, 2021 at 7:33 pm CDT

Saskatchewan’s provincial crop insurance agency is raising the yield threshold at which drought-damaged crops can be grazed, baled for greenfeed or cut for silage with no penalty on future coverage. Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corp. said Wednesday it would double the “low yield appraisal” threshold values on cereal or pulse crop […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: Live cattle firm on cash market optimism

Jul. 13, 2021 at 6:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Tuesday for a second session, supported by expectations for a slowdown in supplies of market-ready cattle that should lift cash prices, analysts said. “The (cattle) numbers start to tighten as we move forward and get closer to […]

By Julie Ingwersen