Insights and Stories on Livestock

Continuous tie-stall housing to be phased out in new dairy code of practice

Mar. 31, 2023 at 7:32 pm CDT

New guidelines for dairy cattle care will improve animal welfare while also potentially increasing farm productivity, Dairy Farmers of Canada says. “I think that we’ve come to a very solid revised code,” David Wiens, DFC’s vice-president, said in an interview. The National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC) on Thursday released […]

U.S. livestock: CME hogs up in deferred months

Mar. 31, 2023 at 6:42 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Beef sector rips ‘unjust’ result as talks wrap on U.K. entry to CPTPP

Mar. 31, 2023 at 1:31 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle set contract high as cash prices jump

Mar. 30, 2023 at 6:47 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle hit three-week peak on tightening U.S. supply

Mar. 29, 2023 at 5:25 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Italy moves to ban lab-grown food in drive to protect tradition

Mar. 28, 2023 at 8:26 pm CDT

Rome | Reuters –– Italy’s government on Tuesday approved a bill banning the use of laboratory-produced food and animal feed as it aims to safeguard the country’s agri-food heritage, its agriculture minister told a news conference after a cabinet meeting. If the proposal is passed by parliament, Italian industry will […]

By Angelo Amante

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures top two-week highs

Mar. 28, 2023 at 7:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures topped another two-week high on Tuesday before finishing slightly firmer, while lean hog futures ended lower. Technical buying helped support gains in cattle, as the market has rebounded after nearing a two-month low last week, brokers said. A smaller U.S. […]

By Tom Polansek

Klassen: Feeder market eyes feed grain complex

Mar. 27, 2023 at 11:19 pm CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded steady to $2 higher on average. Alberta packers were buying fed cattle on a dressed basis in the range of $353-$357/cwt delivered last week, up from the average price of $348/cwt delivered seven days earlier. Strength in the fed cattle […]

By Jerry Klassen

Japan lifts last of BSE-era restrictions off Canadian beef

Mar. 27, 2023 at 8:32 pm CDT

The last of Japan’s import restrictions on Canadian beef and beef products stemming from the BSE crisis has been lifted, allowing access for Canadian further-processed beef. Canada’s federal agriculture department announced Monday that Japan has reopened to imports of “processed” Canadian beef — just days ahead of a significant reduction […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle exceed two-week highs in rebound

Mar. 27, 2023 at 7:00 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed stronger and touched their highest prices in more than two weeks on Monday as livestock markets recovered from recent losses, analysts said. The Dow and S+P 500 also ended higher, after turmoil in the banking sector recently weighed on […]

By Tom Polansek