Insights and Stories on Cattle

McDonald’s to curb antibiotic use in its beef supply

Dec. 11, 2018 at 6:38 pm CST

Reuters — McDonald’s Corp. said Tuesday it plans to reduce the use of antibiotics in its global beef supply, fueling projections that other restaurants will follow suit. The move by the world’s biggest fast-food chain addresses concerns that the overuse of antibiotics vital to fighting human infections in farm animals […]

Bovine TB case turns up in southern B.C.

Nov. 19, 2018 at 7:15 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Five tips for grazing corn this winter

Nov. 16, 2018 at 1:57 pm CST

By Beef Cattle Research Council

Trucker shortage troublesome for Prairie cattle industry

Sep. 15, 2018 at 3:42 am CDT

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Feed weekly outlook: Shortages expected for Prairie barley

Aug. 16, 2018 at 4:23 pm CDT

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: Early-week cash prices buoy CME live cattle

Jun. 27, 2018 at 6:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed higher on Wednesday, lifted by initial prices for market-ready, or cash, cattle and short-covering after recent market losses, traders said. Thinly traded June futures, which will expire on Friday, led advances. Some investors bought that contract and simultaneously sold deferred […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs bounce back on bargain buying

Jun. 26, 2018 at 6:09 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures finished higher on Tuesday after short-covering and bargain buying reversed recent market losses amid trade fears, analysts said. Hog farmers in the U.S. may face another wave of higher tariffs by China, which placed stiff retaliatory duties on U.S. pork imports […]

By Reuters

Feed weekly outlook: Optimism takes pressure off Prairie grains

Jun. 14, 2018 at 8:59 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Following recent rains across Western Canada, producers have opened their bins and are selling grain again for feed, taking some pressure off of the market. “It’s some relief from the rain that’s happened across the Prairies in the last two weeks. It’s allowing producers to comfortably sell […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Marfrig to buy control of U.S.-based National Beef

Apr. 9, 2018 at 4:41 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters –– Brazil’s Marfrig Global Foods said Monday it would buy control of Kansas City-based National Beef Packing for US$969 million, in a deal that would make it the world’s No. 2 beef processor. Marfrig also said it was seeking to sell an existing U.S. unit, Keystone […]

By Ana Mano

Eye worm, known only in cattle, found in U.S. woman’s eye

Feb. 13, 2018 at 9:11 am CST

New York | Reuters — An Oregon woman has become the first person worldwide known to have had an eye infestation by a tiny worm species previously seen only in cattle that is spread by flies that feed on eyeball lubrication, U.S. government researchers said on Monday. U.S. Centers for […]

By Gina Cherelus