Reduced hog processing in Quebec has forced the redirection of thousands of Ontario hogs to U.S. and Manitoba processing plants. The change has increased shipping costs for Ontario producers and increased disease risk in the province. Why it matters: Shipping hogs outside the province is more expensive for farmers and the economic contribution of value-added […] Read more
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Push for more hog processing intensifies after Quebec closures
Shipping more hogs to the U.S. instead of Quebec means more truck disease risk
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures lower on dip in consumer demand
CME live and feeder cattle futures turned lower on Tuesday as cutout values fell and consumer demand waned following the end of major steak-eating holidays, traders said.
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures lower, hogs mostly down on demand questions
Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures turned lower on Monday, shedding a post-holiday rally on demand concerns and news that beef-loving Argentines are cutting back on buying steaks as the country's economy slumps.
U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures continue rally on steady demand
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Friday as consumer demand for beef remains high and as U.S. cattle herds continue to undergo a period of contraction, traders said.
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end higher in light pre-holiday trade
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher for a second session on Wednesday, supported by strong wholesale beef prices and light technical trading ahead of the U.S. July Fourth holiday, traders said.
Getting a GRIP on agriculture research
New communication system aims to bridge gap between farm and laboratory
Research results don’t flow naturally from the lab to the barn. In the 1990s, government driven extension services delivered research results to producers. Researchers didn’t often meet the farmers their work would help and farmers didn’t have ready access to researchers to be sure the findings were topical and practical. That disconnected system of communication […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures lower, hogs higher, on month-end positioning
Flooding in Midwest provides some support for hogs as roads, rail lines washed out around processors
Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures turned lower on Friday on technical trading, month-end positioning and ongoing concerns that high retail beef prices could chill consumer demand later this summer, traders said.
U.S. livestock: Hog futures turn lower ahead of USDA hog-pig report
Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures turned lower on Thursday, ahead of a quarterly government report that many traders had predicted would show that U.S. farmers had a slightly larger hog herd, traders said.
U.S. livestock: Livestock futures turn higher on technical trading, Midwest floods
Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures turned higher on Wednesday as fund investors adjusted their positions and sought short-covering, even as many contracts set new lows for a second trading day, traders said.
U.S. livestock: Hogs set contract lows as traders await US herd data
Analysts surveyed by Reuters project that quarterly USDA data will show the herd on June 1 was about 0.8 per cent bigger than a year earlier and that the number of pigs per litter was up 2.3 per cent in the March-May period.
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