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Canadian Hereford Association honour and memorial scrolls

Purely Purebred, news from the October 2023 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Mike Millar October 26, 2023

Joe and Emma Hasson have been inducted into the Canadian Hereford Association Memorial Scroll. In 1975, Joe and Emma, along with their son Dave, built a polled Hereford herd under the name Gold-Bar Livestock. Through their annual production sale, they sold cattle to every province in Canada except Newfoundland. Gold-Bar cattle and semen also reached […] Read more

Fresh snow on an ornamental crabapple tree in Winnipeg, Oct. 25, 2023. (Dave Bedard photo)

General, Weather

Prairie Forecast: Arctic high slowly moving out

Issued Oct. 25, covering Oct. 25 to Nov. 1

By Daniel Bezte, GFM Network News October 26, 2023

As is often the case at this time of the year, the weather models got the general picture right, but the finer details were much to be desired. Usually, the models struggle with the forecast beyond two to five days out, but for much of this forecast period they struggled with the finer details on […] Read more

CME December 2023 live cattle with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs rebound after recent losses

'Monday's washout was probably a bit overdone'

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News October 26, 2023

Chicago | Reuters — Cattle futures jumped at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Wednesday, bouncing off June lows hit this week on larger-than-expected U.S. supply numbers. Futures prices collapsed on Monday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a report issued after markets closed on Friday, said that producers placed more cattle than expected into […] Read more

Global markets, Markets

Market Intelligence Update from Canada Beef: U.S. imports of Canadian beef rebound

By Jamie Kerr October 25, 2023

U.S. import volumes of Canadian beef and veal rebounded in July, after three months of declines. July imports totalled 83.6 million pounds (37,929 tonnes). Carcass weights were up 14 per cent from June and up a moderate six per cent from July 2022. U.S. imports of Canadian beef are up seven per cent from the […] Read more

General

Carbon tax exemption bill C-234 clears Senate committee

Divided senators defeated an amendment to make it more difficult to extend the bill's sunset clause

By Geralyn Wichers, GFM Network News October 25, 2023

In final committee deliberations on Oct. 24, an amendment that would make it more difficult to extend the bill’s sunset clause was defeated with a tied vote.

Markets, News

Fed cattle prices hold steady, beef production below year-ago levels

The Markets with Deb McMillin, from the November 2023 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Debbie McMillin October 25, 2023

Fed cattle The fed price in Western Canada has held mostly steady as supplies have been ample but manageable with adequate fall demand. Slaughter capacity limited upside as additional cows took up some of the available hook space. Recently, the fed steer average has stayed between $390/cwt and $391/cwt. The mid-October average is right at […] Read more

Comment

Comment: Fall run, beef demand and retail prices

By Lisa Guenther October 25, 2023

Fall sales were off to a strong start when I penned this column last month, with 300-lb. to 400-lb. steers fetching over $5 per pound in some cases. Deb McMillin noted record-high feeder prices in The Markets, with 550-lb. steers averaging $401.79. Where they’re at by the time you’re reading this remains to be seen […] Read more

CME February 2024 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures set June lows at CME

Lean hog futures touch contract lows

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News October 24, 2023

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures hit their lowest levels since June on Tuesday, as the market continued to digest larger-than-expected U.S. supply numbers. The market stabilized, however, after the February contract on Monday tumbled by the exchange-imposed daily trading limit. Trading limits for live cattle will revert back to the […] Read more

Data has shown that the farm share of the retail beef dollar dropped to 41 per cent in 2022.

News, News Roundup

Data shows retail share of beef dollar growing

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan October 24, 2023

High retail prices have made consumers question why beef is so expensive. A joint project between BetterCart Analytics and the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association aims to provide some answers. The project looked at pricing data in 39 different cities and a variety of different retailers within Canada. Melanie Morrison, CEO and founder of BetterCart Analytics, […] Read more

Markets, Prime cuts

Beef demand weakens

Prime Cuts with Steve Kay

By Steve Kay October 24, 2023

I have followed the U.S. and global beef markets for the past 35 years. But all those years didn’t stop me from being blindsided by a sudden and pronounced weakness in beef demand in the U.S. during September. Only a few weeks earlier, I had opined in this column and in my own newsletter that […] Read more

New Quebec ag minister named in shuffle

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures fall on expectations of US agriculture secretary announcement

Agrichemicals firm Corteva explores splitting seed and pesticide units, WSJ reports

Daily Network News

New Quebec ag minister named in shuffle

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures fall on expectations of US agriculture secretary announcement

Agrichemicals firm Corteva explores splitting seed and pesticide units, WSJ reports

Beef cattle

Canadian Hereford Association honour and memorial scrolls

Prairie Forecast: Arctic high slowly moving out

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs rebound after recent losses

Market Intelligence Update from Canada Beef: U.S. imports of Canadian beef rebound

Carbon tax exemption bill C-234 clears Senate committee

Fed cattle prices hold steady, beef production below year-ago levels

Comment: Fall run, beef demand and retail prices

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures set June lows at CME

Data shows retail share of beef dollar growing

Beef demand weakens

Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field

Blogs

Cows ain’t coal

AgCanadaTV

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