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This winter’s snowfall and bone-chilling temperatures have created difficult calving conditions.

Winter calving requires diligence

There are risks to both winter calving outdoors and indoor births

By NDSU Release March 26, 2019

Winter calving can lead to health risks for the newborns, North Dakota State University Extension livestock specialists caution. This winter’s heavy snowfall and dangerous wind chills have created calving conditions that are difficult to manage and put the ears, feet and life of newborn calves at risk. However, calving indoors also has its drawbacks. “When

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Live cattle tumble on bearish USDA data

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume March 25, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures dropped sharply on Monday in reaction to a government report that showed larger-than-expected supplies of cattle on feed in the U.S., traders said. Nearby cattle futures contracts fell more than 1.5 per cent, with selling accelerating as prices breached key technical support levels. The selling

Beef producers say new transportation regulations may actually harm animal welfare.

Beef cattle, Livestock

Beef industry blasts new transport regs, but pork and chicken say OK

New regulations have shortened trips between rest stops and expanded the definition of ‘unfit’ or ‘compromised’ animals among other changes, but not everyone in the livestock sector is impressed

By Alexis Stockford March 25, 2019

Animals will have less time between stops under new federal transportation rules, but the cattle industry says the changes may actually miss the mark on animal welfare. Both the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association and Manitoba Beef Producers have accused the federal government of ignoring its own research and argue that the overwhelming majority of cattle arrive

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs notch fresh contract highs on export hopes

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume March 23, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rose to contract highs for a third straight session on Friday on hopes for strong demand from China before easing from those peaks on profit-taking and technical selling, traders said. China is expected to be in the market for imported pork as the deadly hog

Livestock Markets, Markets

Winter weather drags on Manitoba cattle auction action

Buyers in the U.S. and down east are becoming less of a factor

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 22, 2019

More winter weather hit parts of southern Manitoba during the week ended March 15, disrupting some cattle auction activity. However, signs of spring were also starting to be felt across the province. While Manitoba may be getting some better weather, “it doesn’t look like Nebraska is,” said Allan Munroe of Killarney Auction Mart. Heavy flooding

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up again on China swine fever fears

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume March 22, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rallied by their daily trading limits for a second straight day on Thursday on expectations that imports by China would surge as the country’s domestic hog herd is ravaged by a deadly hog disease. All hog contracts posted new contract highs and spot futures reached

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up on China swine virus fears

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek March 20, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures soared by the company’s daily price limit to new contract highs on Wednesday on increasing worries about the spread of a deadly hog disease in China. Traders expect that China, the world’s biggest hog producer and pork consumer, will need to import more U.S. pork

Finance Minister Bill Morneau appears at a pre-budget event March 14 at the Toronto Kiwanis Boys + Girls Clubs. (BMorneau.liberal.ca)

Markets, Weather

Farm groups see something for everyone in federal budget

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff March 20, 2019

Response so far from farm and agribusiness organizations to Tuesday’s pre-election budget suggests the federal government has managed to find at least one line item for everyone in the ag sector. Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s budget pledges compensation for supply-managed sectors facing financial hits from international trade pacts, funding for a new federal food policy

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Live cattle hit contract highs on weather woes

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen March 20, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose Tuesday, with the benchmark June contract hitting a high as poor feedlot conditions in portions of the U.S. Plains raised concerns about beef supplies, traders said. Lean hogs closed lower in a profit-taking setback from contract highs set a day earlier. Fat cattle futures

A section of road is underwater stranding a vehicle after flooding near Waterloo, Neb. on March 18, 2019. (Handout photo by Ryan Hignight/U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, via Reuters)

Weather

U.S. Midwest’s catastrophic floods cause widespread damage

By GFM Network News March 19, 2019

Brownville, Neb. | Reuters — Severe flooding caused by rainfall and melting snow devastated farms and towns in Nebraska and Iowa on Tuesday, leaving at least four people dead and causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damage, with waters yet to crest in parts of the region for several days. The floods inundated stretches

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

Winter calving requires diligence

U.S. livestock: Live cattle tumble on bearish USDA data

Beef industry blasts new transport regs, but pork and chicken say OK

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs notch fresh contract highs on export hopes

Winter weather drags on Manitoba cattle auction action

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up again on China swine fever fears

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up on China swine virus fears

Farm groups see something for everyone in federal budget

U.S. livestock: Live cattle hit contract highs on weather woes

U.S. Midwest’s catastrophic floods cause widespread damage

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