Insights and Stories on Livestock

U.S. livestock: CME August live cattle touch new high

Jul. 17, 2023 at 5:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures set a new high in the front-month contract on Monday on technical buying and concerns over tightening U.S. supplies, analysts said. August live cattle reached its life-of-contract high of 181.6 cents/lb. before retreating to settle 0.05 cent lower at 180.125 […]

U.S. livestock: CME cattle turn higher

Jul. 14, 2023 at 5:17 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

Forage U-pick goes nationwide

Jul. 14, 2023 at 10:07 am CDT

By Jeff Melchior

More bovine TB cases found in Saskatchewan herd

Jul. 13, 2023 at 9:07 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures gain as pork prices rise

Jul. 13, 2023 at 7:04 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Manitoba dairyman named to lead national body

Jul. 12, 2023 at 9:52 pm CDT

The vice-president of Dairy Farmers of Canada has levelled up to lead the organization following elections at its annual meeting Wednesday in Winnipeg. David Wiens, who farms with his brother at Grunthal, Man., about 50 km southeast of Winnipeg, replaces Pierre Lampron, an organic dairy farmer in Quebec’s Mauricie region […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: CME cattle down off contract highs on profit-taking

Jul. 12, 2023 at 7:34 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures turned lower on Wednesday on a round of profit-taking after most months climbed to life-of-contract highs, with a seasonal downturn in beef prices adding to bearish sentiment, traders said. Most-active August live cattle futures settled down 1.95 cents at 176.875 […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Brazil’s JBS reboots plan to list shares in New York

Jul. 12, 2023 at 4:41 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — JBS SA, the world’s largest meat packer, on Wednesday proposed listing its shares in New York, hoping the move will bring its multiples closer to peers and that a broader investor base will give it more access to cheaper capital, sending its shares up eight […]

By Ana Mano roberto-samora

Dates moved up in dairy sector’s CUSMA compensation calendar

Jul. 12, 2023 at 1:37 am CDT

Changes are being made to the timetable for the remainder of the program compensating Canada’s dairy farmers for market share lost to recent multilateral trade deals. The Dairy Direct Payment Program (DDPP), which issued $1.75 billion over four payments from 2019 to 2023 to compensate for the Canada-European Union (CETA) […]

By Dave Bedard

Alberta lifts feeder loan guarantee limit

Jul. 11, 2023 at 9:28 pm CDT

Alberta has boosted the limit on the size of loan available under its Feeder Associations Loan Guarantee program, aiming to help producers keep up against rising livestock prices. An order in council amending the provincial Feeder Associations Guarantee Regulation was approved Monday, raising that program’s individual and joint-membership loan limit […]

By Dave Bedard