Insights and Stories on Livestock

U.S. livestock: Short covering, bargain buying lift cattle, hog futures

Dec. 9, 2020 at 6:18 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures firmed on Wednesday in a short-covering and bargain-buying bounce following four straight losing sessions that had dragged prices to 2-1/2-week lows. Lean hog futures also firmed on short covering and bargain buying, though livestock traders remained generally cautious as they monitor broadening […]

U.S. throws down CUSMA challenge on Canada’s dairy import limits

Dec. 9, 2020 at 4:50 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Vilsack expected to return as USDA secretary

Dec. 8, 2020 at 8:17 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures follow cash prices, beef values lower

Dec. 8, 2020 at 6:38 pm CST

By Karl Plume

Klassen: Feeder market takes direction from live cattle futures

Dec. 8, 2020 at 1:38 am CST

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures fall as accelerating pandemic stirs demand concern

Dec. 7, 2020 at 5:07 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. cattle and hog futures fell on Monday as cash beef and pork prices weakened and as accelerating coronavirus infection rates prompted tighter restrictions on restaurants and other food service outlets, threatening meat sales. Meanwhile, renewed tensions between the United States and China, after fresh U.S. […]

By Karl Plume

Flush with cash, Chinese hog producer builds world’s largest pig farm

Dec. 7, 2020 at 4:02 pm CST

China | Reuters – Behind the walls of a hulking industrial compound in rural China, top pig producer Muyuan Foods is trying to raise more hogs on a single site than any company in the world – a risky investment with deadly African swine fever lingering. The new farm, which […]

By Dominique Patton

Ontario hog set-aside plan underway

Dec. 7, 2020 at 11:42 am CST

Ontario hog farmers can now apply for AgriRecovery toward feed costs for hogs held back from sale when certain pork packers went into COVID-19-induced slowdowns. Agricorp, the province’s ag program delivery agency, on Nov. 25 announced the Canada-Ontario COVID-19 2020 Hog Maintenance Feed Initiative, which started effective Nov. 6 and […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures step back on demand uncertainty

Dec. 4, 2020 at 6:50 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures fell on Friday as a third day of softer wholesale beef prices brought retailer demand into question, traders said. “Wholesale beef prices appear to have topped again and could head lower into the holidays, other than some late buying by retailers last minute,” […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. pork packer Smithfield offers ultra-cold vaccine storage

Dec. 3, 2020 at 8:16 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Smithfield Foods, the world’s biggest pork processor, said on Thursday it had offered to help U.S. health officials distribute COVID-19 vaccines and store them in ultra-cold freezers that are in high demand to support a public vaccination campaign. U.S. states, cities and hospitals are scrambling to […]

By Tom Polansek