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CME August 2023 feeder cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle firm on choppy corn trade

Live cattle, lean hogs mixed

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures eased and feeder cattle futures ticked up on Monday, as corn prices faced a choppy trading day at the start of this holiday-shortened week, traders said. Meanwhile, the hog market ended the day mixed, with nearby contracts continuing to be bullish on growing buyer interest,
Mammatus-type clouds over Winnipeg on the evening of July 2, 2023. (Dave Bedard photo)
Weather

Prairie Forecast Update: Low lingers in Manitoba

Issued July 2, covering July 3 to 5

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The overall forecast remains on track across both Alberta and Saskatchewan, so only a small update is needed for Manitoba. Across Manitoba, the area of low pressure that has been tracking across the northern half of the Prairie provinces is now forecasted to take a little longer to exit this region. The two main impacts
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Weather

Saskatchewan drainage work rebates expanded to farmers

Channel clearing, drain maintenance program shares eligible costs

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A program to help rural Saskatchewan municipalities and local authorities cover costs of channel clearing and maintaining drains for flood prevention will now expand to include individual landowners. The province’s Water Security Agency (WSA) said Friday its $1 million cost-share rebate program will expand its eligibility beyond RMs, conservation and development area (C+D) authorities and
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“Off the Beaten Path” research tour.
News

Excitement building for Ag in Motion

Ag in Motion will return to Langham, Sask., this year from July 18-20

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All the favourite field tours and demonstrations will be back at this year’s Ag in Motion show, and according to show director, Rob O’Connor, the excitement is building. “I think what excites me as a show director is how the farmers really take the time to look at what’s here,” he said. O’Connor is in
Tuberculosis bacteria under an electron microscope. (Janice Haney Carr photo courtesy Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.))
Beef cattle, Livestock

Bovine TB turns up in Saskatchewan herd

Two cases found after U.S. test flags Canadian heifer

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A heifer whose tissues tested positive for bovine tuberculosis (TB) at slaughter in the U.S. has been traced back to a Saskatchewan cattle herd which has now turned up two more cases of the disease. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency, in a report dated Wednesday, said it was notified Feb. 23 by the U.S. Department
CME August 2023 lean hogs with 100-day moving average and October 2023 lean hogs (brown line). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME nearby hog futures up ahead of herd data

Cattle up on bullish fundamentals

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange nearby lean hog futures ended higher on Thursday, as wholesale pork prices rose, cash hog prices firmed and traders awaited quarterly hog data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Benchmark August hogs settled up 1.225 cents at 92.325 cents/lb. after reaching 93 cents, right at the contract’s
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Weather

Prairie Forecast: Alberta low to bring bit of a cooldown

Issued June 28, covering June 28 to July 5

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After a fairly active weather pattern over the last few days, at least across the eastern half of the Prairies, it looks like most regions will see much quieter few days to start off this forecast period. Weak upper-level ridging combine with a broad but weak area of surface high pressure should bring typical summer
High prices, optimism buoy beef producers
Livestock Markets, Markets

High prices, optimism buoy beef producers

Tighter cattle supplies have ‘shifted the dynamic’

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This past spring saw a bull market in terms of cattle prices. The fact of fewer animals in North America caused cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, as well as local prices, to surge toward levels unseen in nearly a decade. Manitoba Beef Producers past-president Tyler Fulton, now vice-president of the Canadian Cattle Association,
CME August 2023 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Live cattle climb on firm cash markets

Chicago lean hogs end mixed

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed higher for a second session on Wednesday, lifted by strength in the cash market tied to tightening U.S. cattle supplies, traders said, while tumbling corn prices lifted feeder cattle futures. CME August live cattle futures settled up 1.375 cents at 173.875 cents/lb. (all figures US$).

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