Insights and Stories on Packing Plants

Feed weekly outlook: Barley bids soften as sector stabilizes

Jul. 2, 2020 at 7:13 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Feed barley bids in Western Canada have softened over the past two weeks, as some normalcy returns to the feeding sector. Feed barley bids delivered into the key Lethbridge feeding area have come down by $6-$8 per tonne over the past two weeks, with current prices around $240 […]

U.S. livestock: Hogs tumble on bigger-than-expected supply, economic concerns

Jun. 26, 2020 at 6:25 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

Alberta’s provincial meat inspectors to train for federal duty

Apr. 2, 2020 at 7:57 am CDT

By GFM Staff

COVID-19 strains already-battered Ontario beef industry

Mar. 30, 2020 at 8:31 pm CDT

By Piper Whelan

Meat packing sector needs federal inspectors

Mar. 23, 2020 at 7:12 pm CDT

By D.C. Fraser

U.S. March hog herd hits record high

Mar. 30, 2018 at 1:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The number of hogs on U.S. farms in the December-February quarter was up 3.1 per cent from the same period a year ago, a record high for the quarter, according to Thursday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) report. Farmers added extra pigs, encouraged by less-costly feed […]

By Theopolis Waters