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CME February 2023 lean hogs with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs weaken, cattle rise as winter storms hit

Hogs touch lowest since Dec. 16

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Chicago | Reuters — CME lean hog futures fell to their lowest price in more than two weeks on Wednesday and live cattle futures strengthened as snowstorms continued to disrupt livestock operations. Feeder cattle futures reached their highest price since September. Wintry weather in the northern U.S. Plains has delayed livestock shipments, reduced cattle weights […] Read more
Close-up of a McDonald’s double Quarter Pounder with bacon. (Corporate.mcdonalds.com)
Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

McDonald’s reported set to exit Kazakhstan on Russia war spillover

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Reuters — McDonald’s Corp. is set to abandon Kazakhstan as disruptions triggered by the Ukraine crisis have left the nation without a substitute for Russian meat supplies, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The fast-food giant, which exited Russia in May, banned its local franchisee from procuring meat patties from Russian […] Read more
Reg Schellenberg on the ranch near Beechy, Sask.
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Comment: Remembering Reg Schellenberg

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I was shocked and saddened to learn that Reg Schellenberg died suddenly in December. He seemed to me like a man who had plenty of time ahead of him. While talking about Reg with a colleague, we wondered whether people fully appreciate how much people like him give to the industry through the boards they’ve […] Read more
CME February 2023 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hog futures near two-week lows in broad selloff

Boxed beef values limit losses in cattle

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Chicago | Reuters — CME Group livestock futures hit their lowest prices in about two weeks on Tuesday on profit-taking and widespread selling that dragged down commodity and financial markets, analysts said. Traders booked profit in live cattle after the most-active contract reached a fresh high on Thursday, brokers said. Benchmark CME February live cattle […] Read more
Back: Simon Baillargeon, Alexandra Wright, Steve Cooper, Komie Hossini, Koos Van Jaarsveld, Chad Haidey, Scott Brown. Front: Guillaume Lessard, Étienne Lessard, Allsion Squires, Cody Straza.
News, Newsmakers

New Cattle Young Leaders, new ag manager for Lloyd exhibition

NewsMakers from the January 2023 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Canadian Cattle Young Leaders Austin Ashbacher was born and raised in Alberta. After graduating high school, he travelled to Australia and then completed an agriculture business degree from the University of Alberta.  Having grown up on a primarily beef farm, Ashbacher returned to his family farm to pursue a farming career. Now with his wife, […] Read more
Fed cattle prices struggle in fourth quarter
Markets

Fed cattle prices struggle in fourth quarter

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

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Fed cattle Fed cattle prices struggled through the fourth quarter of 2022. Front-end supplies were expected to be cleaned up before holiday demand and buying took place. However, fed sellers still struggle with front-end supply and now large fed carcass weights just keep adding pounds that need to be marketed before getting ahead of the […] Read more
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Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market to start 2023 on firm tone

Counter-seasonal behaviour expected

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There were no market reports last week due to the holiday season; however, I still received a few calls from cattle producers regarding the feeder market outlook for the first quarter of 2023. The feeder market finished 2022 at 52-week highs. Steers averaging 500 lbs. were readily trading over the psychological $300 level while 900-lb. […] Read more
Undated image of a participant at the fall ag fair at Rocklyn, Ont., about 40 km southeast of Owen Sound. (Ontario Visited video screengrab via YouTube)
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Ontario trims minimum memberships for ag, hort societies

Eligibility thresholds for provincial operating grants lowered

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Rules taking effect with the new year are expected to make it easier for Ontario agricultural and horticultural societies to qualify for provincial grants in the face of a membership crunch. The province on Friday confirmed amendments to regulation 16, attached to its Agricultural and Horticultural Organizations Act, kick in effective Sunday (Jan. 1, 2023). […] Read more
CME February 2023 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME futures ease on profit-taking, feed prices

Smaller cattle supplies remain a concern

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Chicago | Reuters — CME livestock futures eased back on Friday, as traders sought profits after cattle futures hit new contract highs in the previous session and on pressure from a run-up in grains, traders said. U.S. livestock markets will be closed Monday for the New Year holiday. On Tuesday, the markets will pre-open at […] Read more
Ian Tyson, shown here in Corb Lund’s 2019 video for “Ride On,” died Dec. 29, 2022 at age 89. (Corb Lund video screengrab via YouTube)
Livestock

Country icon, Alberta rancher Ian Tyson dies at 89

Musician hailed as 'compassionate rancher and environmentalist'

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Ian Tyson, the British Columbia-born cowboy who became a Canadian folk and country music legend and southern Alberta rancher, died Thursday at age 89. Among his many accolades, Tyson was named to the Order of Canada since 1994 and the Alberta Order of Excellence in 2006. A cause of death was not released Thursday but […] Read more

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