Reuters — Conagra Brands said on Thursday it would increase prices again on its frozen meals and snacks to help cushion the blow of higher inflation, after the diversified food […] Read more
Beef cattle
Conagra flags price increases to cushion inflation impact
Prepared foods firm raises sales forecast
Brazil’s JBS bought 301,000 cattle from ‘irregular’ farms in Amazon, audit finds
Prosecutors 'negotiating improvements' with companies
Sao Paulo | Reuters — Nearly a third of the cattle bought by JBS SA in the Brazilian Amazon state of Para came from ranches with “irregularities” such as illegal […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME cattle rally continues on steady cash market, technical buying
Chicago hogs also find support
Chicago | Reuters — Technical buying and a steady cash market helped fuel Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures on Thursday, sending prices to multi-week highs and stretching […] Read more
International campaign calls for end to food animal use
Plant Based Treaty initiative asks national governments to transition away from food animal production
Glacier FarmMedia – Environmental and animal rights activists have launched an international campaign to halt what they see as the harmful impact of meat, dairy and egg farming on the […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Technical buying, solid beef demand boost CME cattle
Chicago lean hogs continue lower
Chicago | Reuters — Technical buying and solid demand for U.S. beef lifted Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures on Wednesday, traders said. The cattle markets continue to […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, feeder cattle extend gains
December hogs touch one-week low
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle and live cattle futures rose on Tuesday amid technical buying, while lean hog futures finished mixed. Both cattle markets have been […] Read more
Diversified dairy producers named Ontario Outstanding Young Farmers
Direct marketing and processing continue to grow Little Brown Cow farm
Jenny Butcher and Wes Kuntz of Little Brown Cow farm are the winners of this year’s Ontario’s Outstanding Young Farmers award. They run a dairy farm near Brantford, but they […] Read more
Klassen: Feeder market continues consolidation
U.S. corn northbound into Prairies
Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices were relatively unchanged while calf markets were down $2-$3 on average. Feedlot inventories in Alberta and Saskatchewan are 30 per cent above […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures touch one-week highs
Chicago lean hogs retreat
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures hit one-week highs on Monday on technical buying and short covering, while lean hog futures tumbled, traders said. The gains […] Read more
Police reopen Ambassador Bridge
Bridge reopened following search for explosives
Updated, Oct. 4 — Toronto | Reuters –– Canadian police reopened a major road bridge between Canada and the U.S. after largely shutting it down for hours on Monday to […] Read more