Photo: Geralyn Wichers

U.S. livestock: Cattle choppy amid weak cash market, tight supply

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures traded both sides of unchanged on Wednesday as mixed-to-weaker cash markets and a continued tight supply of cattle buffeted futures, analysts said. Industry experts said the U.S.-Mexico border is likely to be closed to cattle imports for the foreseeable future as the flesh-eating screwworm parasite spreads.



The Inkster house, now known as the Seven Oaks House Museum, and buildings as they were in 1858. The Inksters, John Inkster and Mary Sinclair (Inkster), began as humble farmers but became one of the richest and powerful families in the area.  Photo: Humphrey Lloyd Hime Photo, courtesy Dan Benoit

VIDEO: The long farm history of the Red River Métis

Manitoba’s agricultural history includes a rich, but often less talked about, record of Métis farming

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Métis farmers and ranchers were integral to the success of Red River settlers in Manitoba, now they could use assistance to pass on their agricultural knowledge.

Photo: Geralyn Wichers

U.S. livestock: Hog futures slide in technical correction

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures ticked lower on Monday in a technical pullback after futures surged in the previous session, traders said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture in its quarterly Hogs and Pigs report on Thursday said the nation’s inventory on September 1 was 74.5 million head, down 1.3 per