Insights and Stories on Livestock

Food system transparency vital in post-pandemic world

Aug. 28, 2020 at 3:06 pm CDT

The importance of transparency isn’t a new concept at Chop Steakhouse, but it’s certainly become amplified this year. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadian consumers were already asking more questions about food production, something Marcel Blais, president of Chop Steakhouse, anticipates will become more common. “We’ve always had really strong practices […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures extend losing streak

Aug. 27, 2020 at 6:17 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures drop as supplies assessed

Aug. 26, 2020 at 6:25 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rise as pork supplies shrink

Aug. 25, 2020 at 6:24 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Klassen: Yearling prices on fire

Aug. 25, 2020 at 2:16 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures fall as supplies grow more than expected

Aug. 24, 2020 at 4:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures fell on Monday, with the market under pressure from a government report that showed supplies were bigger than expected. The U.S. Agriculture Department’s monthly Cattle on Feed report on Friday afternoon showed July placements at 111 per cent of a year […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Live cattle slide ahead of USDA report

Aug. 21, 2020 at 5:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell on Friday on profit-taking and positioning ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Cattle on Feed report, released after the markets closed. CME lean hog futures also ended lower, correcting after two days of positive movement, as optimism over […]

By Christopher Walljasper

Olymel’s Red Deer plant holds at one COVID case

Aug. 20, 2020 at 7:54 pm CDT

A production line employee at Olymel’s hog slaughter plant at Red Deer, Alta. remains the facility’s lone COVID-19 case after her contacts at the plant tested negative for the virus, the company says. Olymel, the meat packing arm of Quebec ag co-operative Sollio, confirmed the lone COVID-19 case at its […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs up as slaughter pace reaches pre-COVID levels

Aug. 20, 2020 at 5:56 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures gained on Thursday as slaughter rates returned to levels not seen since processing plants closed from COVID-19 outbreaks among workers this spring. Live cattle futures fell as pre-Labour Day buying wound down and the industry awaited Friday’s monthly Cattle on […]

By Christopher Walljasper

B.C. ag ministry to take over regulation for on-farm slaughter

Aug. 20, 2020 at 1:28 pm CDT

British Columbia is set to consolidate all provincial-level meat inspection duties into its agriculture ministry — including the regulatory oversight for on-farm slaughter work. The province announced Wednesday that all slaughter work licensed under its Meat Inspection Regulation for Class A, B, D and E sites will now be regulated […]

By Dave Bedard