Insights and Stories on Cattle

Ontario calls off final intake for beef set-aside

Jan. 20, 2021 at 2:48 am CST

Ontario has called off the last intake for its federal/provincial beef cattle set-aside program. The Beef Emergency Feed Maintenance Initiative, an AgriRecovery program launched after the temporary shutdown of Cargill’s beef slaughter plant at Guelph, was to have its “final potential intake week” opening Monday (Jan. 18), for cattle to […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures strengthen ahead of USDA report

Jan. 19, 2021 at 7:35 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hog, cattle futures rise on bargain buying

Jan. 15, 2021 at 5:13 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures fall as corn rises

Jan. 14, 2021 at 3:51 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hog, live cattle futures mixed on feed cost concerns

Jan. 13, 2021 at 7:15 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Lean hog futures rise as corn surge seen squeezing supply

Jan. 12, 2021 at 8:32 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures firmed Tuesday on higher cash hog prices and improving pork packer margins and as soaring feed costs stoked concerns about tighter hog supplies. Corn futures prices surged more than five per cent on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) slashed […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Live cattle sink on profit-taking, technical selling

Jan. 11, 2021 at 7:53 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures fell on Monday in a profit-taking and technical-selling setback amid concerns about weaker demand for cattle and beef, traders said. Position rolling by funds, as they closed out long positions in the spot month and bought deferred contracts on the second day of […]

By Karl Plume

Cattle set-aside programs winding down

Jan. 11, 2021 at 4:18 am CST

AgriRecovery programs set up in Saskatchewan and Alberta to help cover feed costs for cattle producers unable to ship livestock to slaughter are gearing down, while Ontario’s program begins a third intake. Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corp. announced Friday that the province’s AgriRecovery set-aside program will end March 31, 2021, with […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures drift lower on technical selling

Jan. 8, 2021 at 7:56 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures closed lower on Friday on light technical selling, with the spot February contract pressured as speculators rolled long positions into forward months, traders said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) February live cattle futures settled down 0.5 cent at 114.475 cents/lb. (all figures US$). Friday […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Argentina ‘evaluating’ corn export suspension

Jan. 7, 2021 at 7:09 pm CST

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentina’s government said on Thursday it would review its decision to temporarily suspend corn exports after a meeting between the farming minister and the leaders of the country’s main agricultural associations. The agriculture ministry said in a statement that agreements had been struck to guarantee […]

By Maximilian Heath