Insights and Stories on Beef

Canada not benefiting from CETA, Bibeau says

Sep. 25, 2020 at 7:39 pm CDT

Canada is not benefiting from the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with the European Union (EU), federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau grants. Expected to spur $1.5 billion in new agri-food exports, the free trade deal has fallen short of those targets since its implementation in 2017. In a letter […]

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rise on export hopes

Sep. 25, 2020 at 5:07 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise on supply concerns

Sep. 24, 2020 at 3:59 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures up ahead of USDA report

Sep. 23, 2020 at 5:34 pm CDT

By Reuters

Klassen: Quality features influence feeder cattle prices

Sep. 22, 2020 at 8:07 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Hog futures gain on export optimism

Sep. 22, 2020 at 7:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures markets climbed on Tuesday on optimism over China’s continued purchases of U.S. grains, traders said. Exporters sold 266,000 tonnes of U.S. soybeans to China and 264,000 tonnes to unknown destinations, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported on Tuesday, marking the 13th consecutive […]

By Reuters

More food companies aim to wrangle cattle emissions

Sep. 21, 2020 at 6:00 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters — Looking to improve milk production, California farmer John Verwey turned to a Swiss-made feed additive designed to make a cow more efficient while reducing methane emissions from cattle burps. The more a cow belches, the more it spends energy that could be used instead for milk […]

By Rod Nickel

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures fall with other commodities

Sep. 21, 2020 at 5:13 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle and hog futures markets fell on Monday, following a broad-based commodity sell-off in the absence of any fresh bullish news, traders said. “It is just kind of risk-off trade,” said Matthew Wiegand, broker at FuturesOne. “Livestock was for the most part happy to follow […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures end up on firm cash trade

Sep. 18, 2020 at 8:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures closed modestly higher on Friday, supported by strength in cash cattle markets this week, but uncertainty about beef demand in the coming months capped rallies, analysts said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange October live cattle futures settled up 0.575 cent at 107.35 cents/lb. and […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME hogs up on another swine fever case in Germany

Sep. 17, 2020 at 6:28 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures rose on Thursday as Germany confirmed one more case of African swine fever in a wild boar, fueling market hopes that China will boost U.S. pork imports. The new case follows six others confirmed in wild boars, not farm animals, in the past […]

By P.J. Huffstutter