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U.S. livestock: Cattle decline on profit-taking

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer March 14, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures declined on Tuesday, with live cattle easing one per cent as traders locked in profits following recent steep gains and amid uncertainty over how cash markets would develop this week, traders and analysts said. Lean hog futures climbed to a three-week high at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, boosted

Crops, Weather

Feed market awaits influx of spring-threshed grains

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News March 14, 2017

CNS Canada — As spring slowly approaches, western Canadian feed dealers are warily eyeing the amount of grain that may be left over on Prairie fields. “There’s a bit of concern about how much spring-threshed grain we may see here in the next few weeks,” said Allan Pirness of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge. “That’s

Livestock

JBS sees margins up in 2017 as feed, cattle costs fall

By GFM Network News March 14, 2017

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazilian meatpacking giant JBS SA expects profit margins to improve over the course of this year, CEO Wesley Batista said on Tuesday, as lower cattle and feed costs and healthier markets ease the pressures that hurt 2016 results. JBS shares rose two per cent in Sao Paulo despite lower-than-expected earnings

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder cattle jump on healthy margin structure

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen March 14, 2017

Western Canadian feeder cattle jumped $3-$5 on average last week, with 800-plus-lb. yearlings trading as much as $8 higher. Historically high finishing margins finally resonated with feedlot operators and a precarious attitude from recent weeks was thrown by the wayside. Order buyers were inundated with interest as bids were relatively firm across the Prairies. Adverse

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle gain for fourth straight session

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters March 13, 2017

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle on Monday rose for a fourth consecutive session, with strength from buy stops and futures’ discounts to last week’s cash prices, said traders. They said profit-taking and caution ahead of this week’s cash returns pulled contracts from session highs. Monday was the final day in which

Livestock

Saskatchewan tightens up powers on Crown land

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 13, 2017

New legislation giving the Saskatchewan government more powers to prevent misuse of Crown land, and more leeway in dealing with leaseholders, is now in effect. The province on Monday announced its new Provincial Lands Act and related regulations, introduced in the legislature last June, have been formally proclaimed and are now in effect, updating rules

Hogs, Livestock

JBS to buy U.S. pork processor Plumrose

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 13, 2017

U.S. ham and bacon processor Plumrose is set to become an arm of major Brazilian meatpacker JBS. JBS, whose holdings include one of Canada’s biggest beef packing plants at Brooks, Alta., announced Monday it has an agreement in place to buy Plumrose from Danish co-operative Danish Crown for US$230 million. The deal would give JBS

Crops

Study finds organic’s sustainability ‘context-dependent’

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 11, 2017

When weighed for sustainability, the purported benefits and costs of organic agriculture can actually “vary heavily” from case to case, a new University of British Columbia study finds. The UBC study, titled “Many shades of gray: The context-dependent performance of organic agriculture,” published Friday in the U.S. journal Science Advances, sets out to “systematically review

Livestock

Caterpillar says compliant with tax laws after IRS claim

By GFM Network News, Reuters March 11, 2017

Reuters — Caterpillar Inc. said Friday it was compliant with tax laws, a week after federal law enforcement officials raided three of the company’s buildings in connection with a probe into the heavy machinery manufacturer’s offshore tax practices. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has challenged the company’s taxes for the years 2007-2012, the company said

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle gain on higher beef prices, lower corn

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer March 10, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures rose about one per cent on Friday, with feeder cattle extending gains to the third straight session as wholesale beef prices rose and corn prices fell. Higher prices for meat and lower prices for animal feed boost profits in the cattle sector. Greening pastures also increased demand for

U.S. grains: Soybean futures set two-week high on US weather worry, soyoil rally

Alberta Crop Report: Rains in the south, dryness in the north

Agriculture ministers agree to AgriStability changes

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U.S. grains: Soybean futures set two-week high on US weather worry, soyoil rally

Alberta Crop Report: Rains in the south, dryness in the north

Agriculture ministers agree to AgriStability changes

U.S. livestock: Cattle decline on profit-taking

Feed market awaits influx of spring-threshed grains

JBS sees margins up in 2017 as feed, cattle costs fall

Klassen: Feeder cattle jump on healthy margin structure

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle gain for fourth straight session

Saskatchewan tightens up powers on Crown land

JBS to buy U.S. pork processor Plumrose

Study finds organic’s sustainability ‘context-dependent’

Caterpillar says compliant with tax laws after IRS claim

U.S. livestock: Cattle gain on higher beef prices, lower corn

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