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U.S. livestock: Weather, cash prices rally CME live cattle

By Theopolis Waters January 22, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures turned higher on Monday, spurred by last Friday’s strong cash prices and the start this week of another round of wintry weather in parts of the northern U.S. Plains, traders said. February live cattle finished 1.65 cents/lb. at 123.55 cents (all figures US$). April ended […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures sag

By Julie Ingwersen, GFM Network News January 20, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures edged lower on Friday to snap a five-session climb, pressured by technical selling and uncertainty about cash price direction, given that cash cattle did not trade ahead of the closing bell, brokers said. However, after the futures market closed, fed cattle traded lightly in cash markets […] Read more

Cow-Calf, Features

Factors that hinder calf immunity

Calving Health with Heather Smith Thomas

By Heather Smith Thomas January 19, 2018

Illness occurs when an animal’s body is overwhelmed by infection. A healthy animal with strong immunity is less likely to become sick than an animal with poor immunity. Immunity refers to the body’s ability to fight off pathogens, and this ability is developed in a complex process in which the body creates specific weapons for […] Read more

Dairy Farmers of Ontario CEO Graham Lloyd says dairy marketing activities need to show that they can build the market for milk. (John Greig photo)

Dairy Cattle, Livestock

Ontario’s dairy farmers ramp up own marketing

By John Greig, GFM Network News January 19, 2018

Dairy Farmers of Ontario is starting to build its own consumer marketing department, now that it’s retaining marketing funds collected from farmers and no longer sending tens of millions of dollars to Dairy Farmers of Canada. What does it mean? Dairy Farmers of Ontario’s withdrawal from national marketing of milk has meant upheaval at Dairy […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock

JBS to shed U.S. feedlot chain

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff January 18, 2018

The remaining feedlots in meat packing giant JBS’s Five Rivers Cattle Feeding business, the world’s biggest cattle feeding operation, have found a buyer. JBS on Wednesday announced a deal to sell the U.S.-based assets of Five Rivers to affiliates of New York-based Pinnacle Asset Management for about US$200 million. The deal gives Pinnacle 11 feedlots […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle extend climb to five sessions

By Julie Ingwersen January 18, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures rose on Thursday for a fifth straight session, buoyed by higher wholesale beef prices and technical buying including short-covering, traders said. Retailers are buying beef to feature during the second half of the month, when consumers may have paid off year-end holiday debt and have more […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle jump on short-covering

By Julie Ingwersen January 17, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures surged on Wednesday on technical buying and short-covering, spurred in part by higher-than-expected prices at a weekly cattle sale, traders said. Animals at Wednesday’s Fed Cattle Exchange brought $119.75/cwt, up from $119 a week earlier (all figures US$). “I guess people thought it would be closer […] Read more

(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

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U.S. livestock: CME nearby hogs hit contract high

By Julie Ingwersen, GFM Network News January 17, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange February lean hog futures rose nearly three per cent on Tuesday and set a contract high, buoyed by firmer cash hog prices and spreading against cattle futures, traders said. Wholesale pork fetched $80.71/cwt, down 38 cents from Monday (all figures US$). But lean hogs in the top cash […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Features

Certified Sustainable Beef

The framework that puts oomph behind the words

By Debbie Furber January 16, 2018

The Certified Sustainable Beef Framework released December 7 by the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB) is the set of documents that Canadian beef producers and primary processors will be able to follow to prove their operations are sustainable, chart improvement through the years, and help consumers sort out questions about sustainability. Backing up a […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market lacks demand in new tax year

By Jerry Klassen January 15, 2018

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle traded $8-$10 lower while U.S. prices were also down $5-$10 from week-ago levels. The feeder market appeared to short-circuit after I thought the market was charged to move higher in last week’s report. Feedlot operators and cattle feeders saturated their demand prior to the New Year and […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Weather, cash prices rally CME live cattle

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures sag

Factors that hinder calf immunity

Ontario’s dairy farmers ramp up own marketing

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle extend climb to five sessions

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle jump on short-covering

U.S. livestock: CME nearby hogs hit contract high

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