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WTO dials back Canada’s COOL retaliation

By Dave Bedard December 7, 2015

Canada will be able to take only about a third of the revenge it asked the World Trade Organization to authorize over the United States’ country-of-origin labelling (COOL) law. An arbitration panel of the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) ruled Monday that Canada and Mexico may now ask the DSB to authorize annual retaliatory tariffs, […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Maple Leaf to upgrade stunning process, ‘accelerate’ on sow housing

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff December 5, 2015

Pledging to upgrade its hog and poultry stunning processes, speed up its timeline on sow housing and step up its game on facility audits, livestock pain management and reduced antibiotic use, Maple Leaf Foods said Friday it’s now set to carve an animal care agenda into formal company policy. The major Canadian meat processor on […] Read more

Features, Livestock

Look at brood cow nutrition

By Dr. Ron Clarke December 4, 2015

Most producers start unpredictable western Canadian winters by reckoning feed supplies against cow numbers, judging whether the hay pile will get the herd through until pastures are ready next spring. In the high-tech environment of today, it’s easy to overlook the simple things like the long-term implication of monitoring body condition of brood cows through […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Beef price retreat pares CME live cattle gains

By Theopolis Waters, GFM Network News December 4, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Friday finished in negative territory for a third day in a row after weak wholesale beef values erased initial short-covering gains, traders said. Spot December closed 1.425 cents lower at 124.275 cents/lb., and marked a new contract low of 123.875 cents (all figures US$). […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

CME to revamp cattle delivery rules before COOL vote

By Reuters December 4, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — CME Group plans changes to its rules for live cattle futures, requiring that all cattle delivered against the contract must be born and raised solely in the U.S., the exchange said in a statement Friday. The new requirement, effective Dec. 18, covers all currently listed trading months through April 2017. CME […] Read more

Livestock

Sask. widens wolf harvest pilot area

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff December 3, 2015

Last winter’s pilot project to push wolves back from ranches and farms in northeastern Saskatchewan will expand west this winter. Saskatchewan’s environment ministry on Wednesday announced a wolf hunt will run from Dec. 15 this year until March 31, 2016 in wildlife management zones (WMZs) 49 and 53. The wolf hunt pilot program ran from […] Read more

Jean-Claude Poissant, shown here at the opening of Maison ACFA in St-Hyacinthe, is the Liberals’ new parliamentary secretary for agriculture. (ACFAreseaux.qc.ca)

Dairy Cattle, Livestock

Que. dairyman named parliamentary ag secretary

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff December 3, 2015

Canada’s agriculture minister will get a Quebec dairyman and grain farmer turned rookie Liberal MP as his new parliamentary secretary. Jean-Claude Poissant, who won the re-formed Montreal-area riding of La Prairie for the Liberals on Oct. 19 by a spread of almost 5,900 votes over Bloc Quebecois contender Christian Picard, was named Wednesday as parliamentary […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle fall again with cash prices

By Theopolis Waters December 3, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures posted significant losses on Thursday for a second straight session, with nearby contracts posting new lows, in response to weaker cash prices, traders said. Spot December closed 3.4 cents lower, at 125.7 cents/lb., and made a new low of 124.6 cents. February closed 2.175 cents […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Cow-Calf, Livestock

Feed was ‘most plausible’ source of BSE in Case 19

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff December 3, 2015

Canada’s food safety agency is still tracking down the last herdmates of the country’s 19th domestic case of BSE, but will otherwise assume the Alberta cow most likely caught the disease from traces of proteins in its early feed. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Nov. 30 submitted its final report on Case 19 — […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slump limit down

By Theopolis Waters, GFM Network News December 2, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished Wednesday’s session down by their three-cents-per-pound daily price limit on profit-taking ahead of potentially lower cash prices later this week, traders said. Spot December and February closed at 129.1 cents and 131.625 cents/lb., respectively (all figures US$). Live cattle’s trading limit will be expanded […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

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U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

Livestock

WTO dials back Canada’s COOL retaliation

Maple Leaf to upgrade stunning process, ‘accelerate’ on sow housing

Look at brood cow nutrition

U.S. livestock: Beef price retreat pares CME live cattle gains

CME to revamp cattle delivery rules before COOL vote

Sask. widens wolf harvest pilot area

Que. dairyman named parliamentary ag secretary

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle fall again with cash prices

Feed was ‘most plausible’ source of BSE in Case 19

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slump limit down

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