Insights and Stories on Beef

China proposes new standards on hormone residues in beef

Mar. 12, 2020 at 2:35 pm CDT

Beijing | Reuters — China has drawn up food safety standards on residue limits of growth hormones in beef, a move seen as a further step toward opening up its market to imports of the meat from the U.S. China has previously had zero tolerance for any residues of growth […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures sag as virus woes fuel recession fears

Mar. 11, 2020 at 6:23 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

A+W starts move to all-grass-fed, all-Canadian beef

Mar. 9, 2020 at 8:13 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle sink to new lows

Feb. 27, 2020 at 8:18 pm CST

By Karl Plume

How JBS became collateral damage in a war between billionaires

Feb. 11, 2020 at 11:49 am CST

By Tatiana Bautzer

Chinese meat packing giant locks in JBS supply

Jan. 27, 2020 at 7:09 pm CST

The world’s biggest pork packer is poised to source additional beef, poultry and pork from the world’s biggest meat packing firm. Brazil’s JBS announced Monday it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Hong Kong-based WH Group for “supply and distribution of fresh beef, poultry and pork to the Chinese […]

By GFM Staff

Virus concerns add more uncertainty to cattle market

Jan. 27, 2020 at 6:18 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Cattle futures in Chicago dropped hard over the past few days, as mounting concerns over the new coronavirus in China triggered a broad-based selloff in global equities and commodities. While the virus adds an extra layer of uncertainty to the North American cattle market, expectations for solid beef […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Klassen: Large feedlot inventories lower feeder demand

Jan. 21, 2020 at 3:06 am CST

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling markets traded $2-$3 on either side of unchanged and mid-weight feeders (600-850 lbs.) were steady to $2 lower, but calves under 600 lbs. were unchanged to as much as $10 lower. Prices were quite variable across the Prairies, which made the market hard […]

By Jerry Klassen

Organic feed market poised for significant growth

Jan. 16, 2020 at 1:27 pm CST

Research and Markets – The global organic feed market size is estimated at US$6.8 billion in 2019 and is projected to reach US$10.1 billion by 2025. As two of the largest producers of wheat, barley, and soybeans at the global level, Germany and France are projected to witness high growth […]

By OrganicBiz

Amended CUSMA pact includes anti-COOL clause

Jan. 4, 2020 at 2:40 am CST

The new Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), a free trade deal set to replace NAFTA, includes language meant to block any future bids at a trade-disrupting country-of-origin labeling (COOL) law. The new clause would, in theory, checkmate a move made last summer by some Democrat members of the U.S. House of Representatives […]

By Dave Bedard