Insights and Stories on Livestock

McDonald’s resuming all-Canadian beef supply

Aug. 13, 2020 at 8:42 pm CDT

Updated, Aug. 18 — McDonald’s Canada’s pandemic-related “supply adjustment,” in which the burger chain cut its Canadian beef purchases to below 100 per cent, is set to end next month. The Canadian arm of the U.S. fast food giant announced Thursday it will resume its pre-pandemic policy of sourcing 100 […]

U.S. livestock: Live cattle gain as slaughter rates, beef exports rise

Aug. 13, 2020 at 6:29 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

Bovine TB probe wraps with no exact point of entry found

Aug. 13, 2020 at 6:24 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: Live cattle set five-month high, beef prices rise more

Aug. 12, 2020 at 6:10 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise with U.S. beef prices

Aug. 11, 2020 at 6:27 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Klassen: Weaker feed grains drive feeder market higher

Aug. 11, 2020 at 3:00 am CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearlings traded $2-$4 higher. This was the first week of the fall yearling run with larger groups of quality packages and there was no shortage of buying enthusiasm. Heavier yearlings were readily trading at 52-week highs. Feed barley prices collapsed in southern Alberta as […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Live cattle up on cash market strength

Aug. 10, 2020 at 5:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures gained on Monday, as the cash market strengthened and packers looked to pickup slaughter rates, brokers said. Feeder cattle also gained, while lean hog futures added as producers looked to offload market-weight animals early to reduce feed costs. CME October […]

By Christopher Walljasper

Trail cams installed as part of wild pig project

Aug. 7, 2020 at 3:28 pm CDT

Wild pigs are on the loose in Ontario, but staff at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) are confident they’re ahead of a wide-scale and potentially devastating invasion. As part of a pilot project initiated in January, trail cameras were installed at eight locations in southern and eastern […]

By Stew Slater

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures fall after bearish export reports

Aug. 6, 2020 at 8:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog and cattle futures fell on Thursday, pressured by signs of declining export demand for U.S. supplies. The U.S Agriculture Department on Thursday morning said that beef export sales totaled 15,100 tonnes in the week ended July 30, down 50.8 per cent from […]

By Reuters

Union seeks temporary halt for major Manitoba hog plant

Aug. 6, 2020 at 7:57 pm CDT

The union for about 2,000 workers at Maple Leaf Foods’ main Canadian hog slaughter and packing plant is calling for the company to put the brakes on production, pending further tests for COVID-19 among employees. United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 832 said Thursday it was “made aware” late […]

By Dave Bedard