
Beef cattle

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs rise on technical buying
USDA supply data seen as priced into market
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures rose on Thursday as technical buyers stepped into the market after prices weakened earlier in the session. Traders said the massive supplies reported by the U.S. Agriculture Department have been priced in and speculators were likely to buy any dip in the market at current levels. […] Read more

Prairie Forecast: Sprawling high to bring dry, seasonably warm weather
Issued Oct. 11, covering Oct. 11-17
For the first time in a while, the last forecast period did not play out exactly as the weather models predicted, thanks mostly to a strong area of low pressure that moved westwards from the Atlantic into central Ontario last weekend and into the first half of this week. While the low didn’t impact the […] Read more

Australia buys vaccines for lumpy skin disease to safeguard cattle exports
Recent scares halted some live export trade
Canberra | Reuters — The Australian government said on Wednesday it had bought a supply of vaccines for lumpy skin disease (LSD), a highly infectious condition affecting cattle, as part of efforts to control the disease and maintain live animal exports. The government says Australia is free of LSD but infection scares in recent months […] Read more

Carbon farming: fad or trend?
An Ontario-based company is banking on farmer interest in emerging carbon markets
There’s a lot of buzz surrounding carbon markets, and producers are looking into another way they can make their farms and ranches generate revenue from the soil. But it’s still early going in Canada and it’s a complex industry, so many questions remain. “The most important thing is that producers need to be at the […] Read more

Saskatchewan expands wildlife testing to include bovine TB
CFIA probe of cattle herd finds 10 infected so far
Recent confirmed cases of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in a Saskatchewan cattle herd have led the province to expand its annual wildlife monitoring program for chronic wasting disease (CWD) to also include TB. The province each year since 1997 has asked hunters to submit heads from harvested deer, moose and elk to test for CWD. It […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle turn higher
CME lean hogs mostly lower
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures turned solidly higher Wednesday while lean hogs mostly continued lower. Most-active December live cattle closed 1.975 cents higher Wednesday at 186.975 cents/lb., erasing two days’ losses, but not before touching a one-month low of 184.25 (all figures US$). Both front-month October 2023 and February 2024 turned 1.925 cents higher, […] Read more

Feeder cattle outside finishing feedlots
Market Talk with Jerry Klassen
Feeder cattle prices in Canada and the U.S. have been trading at or near historical highs. I’ve received many phone calls and emails from cow-calf producers and feedlot operators inquiring about further upside in the feeder cattle complex. Recently, the USDA and Statistics Canada released their semi-annual cattle inventory surveys. The cattle herd remains in […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Live cattle mostly lower
Lean hogs also down a second day
Most-active December live cattle on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) turned lower for a second day in a row Tuesday, as did lean hog and deferred-month feeder cattle futures. December live cattle closed Tuesday at 185 cents/lb., down 0.35 cent on the day, while lightly-traded front-month October ended up 0.2 cent at 182.575 cents/lb. (all […] Read more

Salers Association offers scholarships, celebrates 50th
Purely Purebred, news from the September 26, 2023 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Salers breed in Canada. Mark November 8-9 on your calendar and head over to Farmfair International to help Salers breeders from across Canada celebrate this historical event. Festivities kick off with the Purebred and Optimizer Show on November 8, followed by the Neogen Cattlemen’s Choice show November […] Read more

Limousin Association makes an Impact
Purely Purebred, news from the September 26, 2023 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
One highlight of this year’s Canadian Junior Limousin Association Impact Show was the crowning of the very first 100K Jackpot winner, presented by Neogen Canada Genomics. This year’s award went to REW 143K Afterhours Kali, exhibited by Austyn Kishkan (see photo at top). The first of this kind in Canada, the 100K Jackpot is judged […] Read more