Insights and Stories on Beef

Trump, EU officials announce deal to sell more U.S. beef to Europe

Aug. 2, 2019 at 4:32 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters – U.S. President Donald Trump announced a deal on Friday to sell more American beef to Europe, a modest win for an administration that remains mired in a trade war with China, but he said tariffs on European auto exports remain a possibility. The European Commission has […]

U.S. livestock: Hogs up on technical buying, cash values

Jul. 10, 2019 at 7:00 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Canada proposes China meat export solution

Jul. 3, 2019 at 5:19 pm CDT

By David Ljunggren Rod Nickel

Beyond Meat’s new competitor: Tyson’s pea-and-meat blended burger

Jun. 14, 2019 at 3:47 am CDT

By Tina Bellon

U.S. boosts trade pact’s outlook lifting tariffs on Canadian, Mexican metals

May. 17, 2019 at 5:00 pm CDT

By David Lawder Steve Scherer

U.S. livestock: CME hogs push higher as herds in China suffer from virus

Apr. 15, 2019 at 6:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures closed mostly higher on Monday on increasing expectations that China will need to import more pork to compensate for hogs killed in an outbreak of an incurable swine disease. The front-month contract, which is thinly traded, set its highest price in about 21 […]

By Tom Polansek

Ontario beef checkoff to rise by $1.50

Feb. 20, 2019 at 8:32 pm CST

Ontario beef farmers have approved an increase of $1.50 in checkoff per animal to fund an ambitious industry-wide marketing effort for Ontario beef. Producers at the Beef Farmers of Ontario (BFO) annual meeting in Mississauga on Wednesday voted 87 per cent in favour of the plan. A similar plan was […]

By John Greig

Pacific pact spurs Canadian ag sales to Japan as U.S. watches

Jan. 10, 2019 at 8:21 pm CST

Winnipeg | Reuters — At the Canadian embassy in Tokyo last month, beef promoters flew in a chef from Canada to cook New York strip steaks for hungry Japanese importers and restaurant suppliers. The annual Canadian beef buffet reception attracted 126 people, up sharply from the usual 30 to 40. […]

By Rod Nickel

Cargill’s net earnings down as trade fight bites

Jan. 3, 2019 at 6:59 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Grains trader Cargill on Thursday reported a 20 per cent drop in its fiscal second-quarter 2019 net earnings, as global trade tensions hit the bottom line along with challenges in the Chinese hog sector and a struggling U.S. dairy business. Three of the company’s four business […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

Klassen: Favourable margins support feeder market

Jan. 2, 2019 at 11:39 am CST

There were no sales last week with auction barns closed for the holiday season; therefore, we start the year looking forward at factors that will influence the feeder market over the next month. While the feeder market was quiet, feedlot operators were surprised with the U.S. fed cattle market jumping […]

By Jerry Klassen