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CME February 2022 live cattle (candlesticks) with 50-day moving average (black line) and August 2022 live cattle (pink line). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Nearby CME live and feeder cattle futures ease

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures eased on Monday, remaining near recent highs as back-month contracts climbed to new highs on expectations of tighter supplies to come. CME February live cattle futures settled down 0.775 cent at 138.925 cents/lb., though back-month contracts starting with August 2022 found new life-of-contract highs (all […] Read more
New requirements for animal transfer of care documents
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New requirements for animal transfer of care documents

News Roundup from the December 2021 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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On February 20, 2020, the Health of Animals Regulations: Part XII: Transport of Animals was amended. While the name of this legislation may not ring a bell, most producers caught word of the reduction in maximum allowed intervals without feed, water and rest for animals in transport. However, this is far from the whole story.  […] Read more
CME February 2022 lean hogs (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (pink, brown and dark red lines). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures touch four-week high

Chicago cattle futures ease

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures rose for the fourth straight trading session on Monday, as the market continued to see support from a government report last week that showed smaller-than-expected national inventory numbers, traders said. Most-active February hog futures settled the day up 0.425 cent at 83.65 cents/lb. (all figures US$). Earlier in […] Read more
Coulees were commonly used as dump sites for waste from garages and households, and that waste can still pose risks to livestock.
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Toxic dumps in backyards lead to lead poisoning

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Bad habits create a backwash of damage in places where people live. Old garbage dumps litter the Prairies. Every farm site at one time had a corner dedicated for refuse. Coulees were convenient places to rid the garage and home of unwanted things — out-of-site, out-of-mind. Through the generations, many items — some harmful — […] Read more
CME February 2022 lean hogs (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures touch four-week high

USDA reports see smaller hog herd, slightly fewer cattle on feed

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures touched a four-week high on Thursday before retreating and may rise further next week because of smaller-than-expected national inventory numbers, analysts said. The U.S. hog herd totaled 74.2 million head on Dec. 1, down four per cent from a year earlier, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in […] Read more
CME February 2022 lean hogs (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (pink, brown and dark red lines). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs approach four-week high

Cattle futures also rise

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures jumped to their highest prices in about four weeks on Wednesday, while cattle futures also advanced. Futures could come under pressure early on Thursday from monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture data that showed frozen pork supplies on Nov. 30 were down eight per cent from the […] Read more
File photo of Korean braised short ribs. (Sungsu Han/iStock/Getty Images)
Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

Korea suspends Canadian beef imports after BSE case

No other countries yet considering suspensions, CFIA says

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Winnipeg | Reuters — South Korea has suspended beef imports from Canada, which last week reported its first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in six years, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Wednesday. South Korea, the fourth-largest beef importer in the world, is seeking more information about the case before lifting its suspension, the […] Read more
CME April 2022 lean hogs (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (pink, brown and black lines). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs near one-month high on smaller herd estimates

Live cattle, feeder cattle also up

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures rallied on Tuesday amid expectations the U.S. Department of Agriculture will confirm a smaller pig herd in a report due out on Thursday, analysts said. USDA, in its quarterly Hogs and Pigs report, is expected to show the herd was about 2.9 per cent smaller on […] Read more

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