Insights and Stories on Livestock

Olymel to idle multiple Prairie hog barns

May. 26, 2023 at 8:26 pm CDT

Pork packer Olymel is preparing to dial back its hog production in Western Canada by shuttering six of its sow units in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Olymel, the agrifood arm of Quebec’s Sollio Cooperative Group, announced Friday it has served 80 employees with layoff notices at five sow units in Alberta […]

U.S. livestock: CME hogs down 10 per cent on week

May. 26, 2023 at 6:31 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Taiwan pledges full access for Canadian beef

May. 25, 2023 at 8:30 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: CME hogs sink to contract lows

May. 25, 2023 at 6:38 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hog futures weak on bearish supplies

May. 24, 2023 at 7:22 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. working on limited bird flu vaccination for turkeys

May. 23, 2023 at 7:54 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — The United States is working on a bird flu vaccination scenario focusing on turkeys in the few states that gather the largest number of turkey farms, a move that would best meet a benefit-cost strategy, its chief veterinary officer said on Tuesday. However, no decision to […]

By Sybille De La Hamaide

U.S. livestock: Hog, cattle futures fall on technical selling

May. 23, 2023 at 6:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures fell on Tuesday on technical selling as the market moved closer to values in the cash market, traders said. Cattle contracts also were lower, with traders noting pressure from strength in corn futures. Recent declines in both cattle and hogs have […]

By Mark Weinraub

Klassen: Weather forecasts underpin feeder market

May. 22, 2023 at 10:02 pm CDT

For the week ending Saturday, western Canadian feeder cattle markets were relatively unchanged from seven days earlier. The finishing feedlot operator appears to be dominating the feeder market across all weight categories. Ontario interest was creeping all the way into Alberta, especially for Limousin-type genetics. There were limited numbers on […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Hog futures drop to contract lows on demand woes

May. 22, 2023 at 5:48 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures sank to contract lows on Monday, with the market under pressure from plentiful supplies and weak demand for pork at grocery stores and on the export market. “The story remains one of a slow-to-move product market,” brokerage StoneX said in a […]

By Mark Weinraub

Animal health body backs bird flu vaccination to avoid pandemic

May. 22, 2023 at 2:57 am CDT

Paris | Reuters — Governments should consider vaccinating poultry against bird flu, which has killed hundreds of millions of birds and infected mammals worldwide, to prevent the virus from turning into a new pandemic, the head of the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) said. The severity of the current […]

By Sybille De La Hamaide