Insights and Stories on Beef

OIE ruling turns page on BSE in Canada

May. 27, 2021 at 6:56 pm CDT

The international body overseeing countries’ animal disease control measures has assigned Canada the lowest level of risk for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) — a move which stands to help clear away lingering trade barriers against Canadian beef. The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) on Thursday announced it has delivered […]

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs ease on profit-taking

May. 26, 2021 at 6:12 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs up as pork prices rise, corn tumbles

May. 25, 2021 at 5:34 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

Klassen: Feeder market heating up

May. 24, 2021 at 8:50 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures sink as on-feed supply tops estimates

May. 24, 2021 at 7:53 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rally to highest since August 2014

May. 21, 2021 at 7:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures rallied on Friday to their highest in nearly seven years, with strong demand outstripping supplies on hand as restaurants around the U.S. have been reopening after COVID-19 shutdowns, traders said. “We are seeing strong retail demand, with the food service trying […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures up with cash markets

May. 19, 2021 at 7:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog and cattle futures rose on Wednesday, with the market underpinned by strength in the cash markets. Prices for the cattle contracts hit their highest in nearly a week, but closed off their session peaks as the corn market recovered from sharp declines. […]

By Mark Weinraub

Tensions build over Argentina’s beef export ban

May. 19, 2021 at 1:41 am CDT

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentine farm groups will halt trading of livestock in protest against a 30-day government ban on beef exports aimed at bringing down domestic prices, the country’s main producer groups said in a joint statement Tuesday. The South American country’s centre-left Peronist government unveiled the ’emergency […]

By nicolas-misculin

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rally on technical bounce

May. 18, 2021 at 4:55 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Lean hog futures rallied on Tuesday, rising 1.8 per cent on a technical bounce after three straight days of declines pushed prices to their lowest since April 30, traders said. Concerns about a tightening of supplies during grilling season added support. “We are still watching weekly […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures close to unchanged

May. 17, 2021 at 4:02 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled close to unchanged on Monday, with attempts at a bargain-buying rally fizzling out after hitting some key resistance points. Hog futures were lower, notching their third straight day of declines on a technical setback. Cattle futures had weakened along […]

By Mark Weinraub