Insights and Stories on Livestock

Klassen: Increased feeder cattle selling caps upside momentum

Jan. 21, 2025 at 10:14 am CST

There was a surge in farmer selling across Western Canada last week. Sales volumes were larger than normal at many auction barns. The fear that President Trump would implement a tariff on feeder cattle ignited fears that that market would drop sharply.

US and Canada ease ban on French poultry imposed after bird flu vaccination

Jan. 20, 2025 at 10:08 am CST

By Reuters

US turkey producers should ramp up bird flu testing, USDA says

Jan. 17, 2025 at 3:18 pm CST

By Reuters Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs continue losses; cattle futures mixed

Jan. 17, 2025 at 3:13 pm CST

By Geralyn Wichers

Claynook open house showcases new cross-ventilated barn

Jan. 17, 2025 at 10:26 am CST

By John Greig

Germany has no new foot-and-mouth disease cases, minister says

Jan. 17, 2025 at 9:53 am CST

Germany has no new cases of the livestock illness foot-and-mouth disease with a suspect case on Thursday not confirmed, German agriculture minister Cem Oezdemir said on Friday.

By Reuters

China 2024 pork output falls for first time in four years

Jan. 17, 2025 at 9:49 am CST

China's pork production in 2024 fell for the first time after rising for three years straight, official data showed on Friday, as livestock companies reduced slaughter rates due to ample hog supply and weak meat demand.

By Ella Cao Mei Mei Chu Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures fall with grains

Jan. 16, 2025 at 3:18 pm CST

Live and feeder cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were weaker on Thursday, as losses in the grains and oilseeds spilled into the livestock markets.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures boosted by strong beef prices

Jan. 15, 2025 at 4:15 pm CST

Live and feeder cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were stronger Wednesday, as rising beef prices underpinned the markets.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Brazilian meatpacker JBS says net-zero emissions pledge was ‘never a promise’

Jan. 15, 2025 at 9:59 am CST

The world's largest meatpacker, JBS, became in 2021 the first of its peers to commit to cutting or offsetting all its emissions by 2040, and to ending illegal deforestation across its long supply chain that starts in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon.

By Luciana Magalhaes Reuters Simon Jessop Stefanie Eschenbacher