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Canadian Western Agribition delegation at Beef Australia.

Beef Australia 2018

Purely Purebred with Mike Millar: News about you from the June 2018 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Mike Millar June 22, 2018

Experiencing Beef Australia 2018 was definitely a thrill and trip of a lifetime. As part of the Canadian Western Agribition’s trade mission the group was made up of purebred breeders Lee Stilborn, CoraLee Fisk, Shari Leachman, Frances Leachman, and Donna Asher along with Chris Lane, CEO of Canadian Western Agribition, Agribition president Bruce Holmquist, and […] Read more

A crenellated walkway on top of the Great Wall of China. (Cia.gov)

Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. pork, fruit producers brace for second wave of Chinese tariffs

By Dominique Patton, Tom Polansek, GFM Network News June 22, 2018

Beijing/Chicago | Reuters — U.S. producers of pork, already saddled with duties enacted in an earlier round of the escalating trade dispute with China, are bracing for further pain after Beijing hit the products with additional tariffs due to come into effect next month. China implemented a 25 per cent duty on most U.S. pork […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Bargain buying pares some CME hogs’ losses

By Reuters June 21, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures closed moderately higher on Thursday, with support from bargain buying and short-covering that pared some recent market losses amid U.S. trade worries, said analysts. U.S. hog farmers, still reeling from higher retaliatory tariffs on pork imposed by China in early April, are bracing for another round […] Read more

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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs fall on trade war fears, cash prices

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News June 19, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell over two per cent on Tuesday, giving back gains notched in the previous session on broad selling across commodities amid fears of trade wars with importers of U.S. products including China and Mexico. A decline in U.S. cash hog prices late on Monday also […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Stronger demand sustains feeder cattle market

By Jerry Klassen June 18, 2018

Western Canadian feeder cattle markets were relatively unchanged from week-ago levels. Feeder cattle numbers are declining at this time of year, so those buyers looking to secure ownership had to be more aggressive. Higher-quality packages were available in Saskatchewan, which traded at a small premium to Alberta markets. In central and southern Alberta, there appeared […] Read more

(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs jump on packer demand, cash prices

By Michael Hirtzer June 18, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures climbed as much as 2.3 per cent on Monday in a bull-spreading rally amid rising cash hog prices and strong demand from pork packers, traders and analysts said. Cattle futures also were mostly higher at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, boosted by chart-based buying and positioning ahead of […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

Saputo urges end to contentious Class 7 system

By Rod Nickel June 18, 2018

Winnipeg | Reuters –– Saputo, one of Canada’s largest dairies, supports ending a domestic milk ingredient pricing system that has angered the United States, CEO Lino Saputo Jr. said on Monday, showing a rare crack in solidarity among processors and the country’s dairy farmers. The Class 7 pricing agreement, struck in 2016 between Canadian dairy […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Olymel to pick up Ontario chicken processor Pinty’s

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff June 16, 2018

The meat packing arm of agrifood co-operative La Coop federee is set to boost its stakes in the Ontario packaged chicken and appetizer markets with a deal for Pinty’s Delicious Foods. Olymel announced Thursday it will buy Burlington, Ont.-based Pinty’s, including its three southern Ontario chicken slaughter and processing operations at Port Colborne, Paris and […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle pivot higher on bargain buying

By Reuters June 15, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle turned up sharply on Friday, with support from short-covering and bargain buying after Thursday’s losses that were partly led by U.S. trade uncertainty, said analysts and traders. On Friday China said it planned to impose similar size tariffs soon after Washington announced duties on $50 billion […] Read more

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and Canadian Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay at Savannah, Georgia in June 2017. (Georgia Ports Authority photo by Stephen B. Morton)

Livestock, Reuters

As U.S., Canada spar, farm hopes ride on two men in lobster boat

By Rod Nickel, Tom Polansek June 15, 2018

Reuters — While Justin Trudeau vowed last week not to be pushed around and U.S. President Donald Trump called the Canadian prime minister “weak,” two key officials in their governments with a seemingly harmonious relationship were making fishing plans. On Friday, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue visited the farm of Canadian Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay […] Read more

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Beef Australia 2018

U.S. pork, fruit producers brace for second wave of Chinese tariffs

U.S. livestock: Bargain buying pares some CME hogs’ losses

U.S. livestock: Hogs fall on trade war fears, cash prices

Klassen: Stronger demand sustains feeder cattle market

U.S. livestock: Hogs jump on packer demand, cash prices

Saputo urges end to contentious Class 7 system

Olymel to pick up Ontario chicken processor Pinty’s

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle pivot higher on bargain buying

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