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Klassen: Feedlot operators throw in towel on feeder market

By Jerry Klassen April 5, 2016

Weaker wholesale beef values, along with softer fed cattle prices, set a negative tone for the feeder cattle market this past week. Western Canadian feeder markets were trading $4-$8 below week-ago levels, with calves trading as much as $10 lower in some cases. Producers can become nauseous watching these live cattle futures, but this is […] Read more

Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart, shown here at Ag in Motion in 2015, plans to leave the post following a recent cancer diagnosis. (File photo by Lisa Guenther)

Crops

Saskatchewan ag minister, ag critic return in election

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 5, 2016

Saskatchewan’s agriculture minister and opposition ag critic both easily held their ridings Monday night as the governing Saskatchewan Party completed its electoral hat trick. By about 1 a.m. Tuesday, Premier Brad Wall’s Saskatchewan Party had won 51 of 61 ridings, for a third straight majority mandate coming out of Monday’s general election. The opposition New […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs fall to 10-week lows on pork price losses

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News April 1, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hogs tumbled to the lowest in 10 weeks on Friday as pork price declines triggered selling by technical traders and investment funds, traders and analysts said. Hogs fell more than one per cent at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, led by losses in deferred contracts such as June and August […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle limit up on bearish corn data

By Theopolis Waters, GFM Network News March 31, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures on Thursday settled up their 4.5-cents/lb. maximum daily price limit, spurred by the morning’s bearish government grain report, traders said. U.S. farmers intend to plant 93.6 million acres of corn and 82.2 million acres of soybeans in 2016, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on […] Read more

(Regis Lefebure photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs finish higher

By Theopolis Waters, GFM Network News March 29, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures gained for a second straight day on Tuesday in a quiet session, with help from short-covering and technical buying, traders said. April closed up 0.325 cent/lb., to 70.25 cents (all figures US$). May ended 0.575 cent higher at 78.85 cents and June finished up 0.475 […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters

End of China’s corn stockpiling threatens global feed trade

By Tom Polansek March 29, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — Grain traders worried on Tuesday about the risk for reduced demand from China after the government said it would scrap its corn stockpiling program at a time when global markets are awash with excess supplies. Traders said importers in China would likely reduce purchases of farm products used to feed livestock, […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder cattle trade lower

By Jerry Klassen March 29, 2016

The “one-week wonder” from seven to 10 days ago appears to have evaporated; a softer sentiment blanketed Western Canada this week, with feeder markets dropping $4 to $6 on average. A significant slide in live cattle futures, along with softer cash prices, caused feedlots to move into a risk-averse mentality. Heavier replacements took the brunt […] Read more

Features, Livestock

Be prepared for calls if you winter graze

Grazing with Steve Kenyon from the March 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Steve Kenyon March 28, 2016

I was excited this fall to get my swath/bunch grazing underway as all 450 acres are right by the highway. Normally I am swath grazing down some back gravel road and no one really gets to see it. This year I get to show it off! My neighbours already think that I’m crazy, so now […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle snap five-day losing streak

By Theopolis Waters, GFM Network News March 24, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Thursday settled higher for the first time in six sessions, helped by short-covering before the Easter holiday weekend, traders said. April live cattle ended 0.4 cent/lb. higher at 135.85, and June finished up 0.275 cent at 125.375 (all figures US$). The April contract led […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets, Weather

Feed barley due for spring rally

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 24, 2016

CNS Canada –– Feed barley in Western Canada usually sees a spring rally at this time of year, although the uptrend this year will be limited by large supplies still overhanging the market. Feed grains had trended lower through late February and into early March, with feed wheat leading to the downside. Losses in feed […] Read more

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Pasture

Klassen: Feedlot operators throw in towel on feeder market

Saskatchewan ag minister, ag critic return in election

U.S. livestock: Hogs fall to 10-week lows on pork price losses

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle limit up on bearish corn data

U.S. livestock: CME hogs finish higher

End of China’s corn stockpiling threatens global feed trade

Klassen: Feeder cattle trade lower

Be prepared for calls if you winter graze

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle snap five-day losing streak

Feed barley due for spring rally

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