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CME November 2019 feeder cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise on cash market strength

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub October 3, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures firmed for the second day in a row on Thursday, with the most-active December live cattle contract holding support near a two-month peak on strong cash prices. “The cash market has been moving up steadily,” said Don Roose, analyst with U.S. Commodities in West Des Moines, Iowa. “The

Livestock Markets, Markets

Fall cattle run’s launch delayed as rains improve pastures

Producers with cull cows may want to sell soon

By Phil Franz-Warkentin October 3, 2019

Numbers moving through Manitoba’s cattle auction yards are starting to pick up ahead of the fall run, with prices holding firm during the last week of September. “We finally saw decent volumes of calves to establish prices,” said Rick Wright of Heartland Order Buying. “Up until now we’ve had really light deliveries and the market

CME December 2019 live cattle with 20-, 100- and 200-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures hit highest since Aug. 9

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub October 2, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. livestock futures were mixed on Wednesday, with hog contracts easing for the second day in a row on technical follow-through selling while cattle futures firmed. The most-active December live cattle contract hit its highest in nearly two months. Traders said futures prices for hogs had rallied too sharply compared to

Tapeworms, seen here under a microscope, can cause both animal and human health concerns.

Livestock

Be vigilant when it comes to tapeworms

Beef 911: Even if you don’t have livestock, pets can be infected and pose a risk to their owners

By Roy Lewis October 1, 2019

Over the years, it seems like different species of tapeworms are increasing in frequency, with the risk of production losses also increasing. It also appears the risk of contacting a potentially very serious human disease is also increasing. (I will briefly cover this disease, echinococcus, at the end of this article.) We see different tapeworm

CME December 2019 lean hogs with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hogs retreat from Monday’s two-month high

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek October 1, 2019

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. livestock futures fell on Tuesday as hogs retreated from a two-month high reached a day earlier. December lean hog futures sank 2.675 cents to 69.925 cents/lb. at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (all figures US$). The setback came after the contract reached its highest price since July 31 on Monday amid

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Yearling prices remain firm

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen September 30, 2019

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling markets were relatively unchanged with the exception of southern Alberta where 800-plus-lb. feeders traded $5 to as much as $8 higher. Strength in deferred live cattle futures and weakness in barley prices were the main factors driving demand in the Lethbridge area. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s bullish

CME December 2019 lean hogs with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hogs up on technical buying, demand hopes

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek September 30, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures touched a two-month high on Monday on technical buying and hopes for more export sales to China, brokers said. Traders are waiting for confirmation of Chinese buying as the Asian nation is struggling with an outbreak of African swine fever, a fatal pig disease that has decimated its

Livestock

Review of red meat’s risks spurs scientific food fight

By GFM Network News, Kate Kelland September 30, 2019

London | Reuters — Cutting back on red and processed meat brings few if any health benefits, according to a review of studies involving millions of people, a finding that contradicts dietary advice of leading international agencies and raised immediate objections from many health experts. Most people can continue to eat red and processed meat

CME December 2019 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle trade bullish on potential exports to Japan

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter September 27, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live and feeder cattle futures on Friday surged to their highest prices seen in nearly a month, as the cash market began to firm and traders grew more bullish about export demands after the U.S. and Japan signed a limited trade deal this week. The first-phase deal would open up

Tuberculosis bacteria under an electron microscope. (Janice Haney Carr photo courtesy Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.))

Beef cattle, Livestock

Last of trace-out quarantines lifted in bovine TB probe

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff September 26, 2019

The last of 38 cattle herds to be checked for bovine tuberculosis in a federal trace-out investigation across three provinces has been released from movement controls. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Monday reported that a central Saskatchewan herd has now been released from controls which were imposed in December last year. CFIA said in

Daily Network News

JBS reaches deal with U.S. meatpacking workers who went on strike

Public consultation open on national beef code of practice

Pulse weekly: Indian forecasters predict below-normal monsoon

Cow-calf

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise on cash market strength

Fall cattle run’s launch delayed as rains improve pastures

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures hit highest since Aug. 9

Be vigilant when it comes to tapeworms

U.S. livestock: Hogs retreat from Monday’s two-month high

Klassen: Yearling prices remain firm

U.S. livestock: Hogs up on technical buying, demand hopes

Review of red meat’s risks spurs scientific food fight

U.S. livestock: Cattle trade bullish on potential exports to Japan

Last of trace-out quarantines lifted in bovine TB probe

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