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Agri-Trend CEO Rob Saik. (Jennifer Paige photo)

Trimble to buy consulting firm Agri-Trend

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News November 10, 2015

GPS and precision farming firm Trimble is set to buy the Canadian operator of North America’s largest network of independent agricultural consultants. Publicly traded, U.S.-based Trimble, which specializes in GPS and other location services, including the collection and management of on-farm data and services for precision farming, announced Tuesday it will buy Red Deer-based, privately-held

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Technical trading, holiday fears sour hog, cattle futures

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter November 9, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– The Chicago Mercantile Exchange saw all of its live cattle and all but two feeder cattle futures contracts fall by the daily trading limit on Monday, pressured by technical selling and weakening wholesale beef prices, traders and industry analysts said. Meanwhile, CME lean hog contracts continued their slump on Monday, dropping

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Quality calves support feeder market

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen November 9, 2015

They say a sudden windfall can provide a false expectation of future performance. This is definitely true of the cattle feeding business. Western Canadian feeder cattle prices continued on a mixed volatile tone over the past week, trading $10 lower to as much as $10 higher. Feedlot operators shrugged off the sharply lower live cattle

(Regis Lefebure photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Lower cash prices again send CME hogs to six-year low

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters November 6, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog contracts drifted to a six-year low for a second straight day on Friday as plentiful seasonal supplies pulled prices for market-ready (cash) hogs lower, traders said. Spot December finished 0.4 cent/lb. lower at 55 cents, and February ended down 0.3 cent at 58.3 cents. Cash hog

Saputo’s Canadian dairy division includes brands such as Dairyland, Neilson, Nutrilait, Baxter and Armstrong. (Dave Bedard photo)

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

TPP deal to pressure Canadian dairy farmers, Saputo says

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel November 6, 2015

Reuters — Canadian farmers will get squeezed between new trade deals that allow more dairy imports to enter the country and slow-growing domestic consumption, Saputo’s CEO said on Thursday. The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal is expected to open access for New Zealand, the U.S. and other countries to 3.5 per cent of the Canadian market,

Crops, Markets

Feed: Cheap Brazilian corn bound for U.S.

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team October 27, 2015

CNS Canada –– Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world feed grains markets on Tuesday, Oct. 27. • CBOT corn futures were weaker on Tuesday, with the December contract quoted at US$3.8025 per bushel at midsession, as the advancing U.S. harvest weighed on values. • Sorghum production in Mexico “has been plagued

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, hogs sag while digesting meat warnings

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters October 26, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Monday, following last Friday’s cash prices that fell short of expectations and worries over potential consumer response to news about a possible tie to red meat and cancer risk, traders said. The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that eating processed meats can

Livestock

Processed meat can cause cancer, red meat probably can: WHO

By GFM Network News, Gus Trompiz October 26, 2015

Paris | Reuters — Eating processed meat can lead to bowel cancer in humans while red meat is a likely cause of the disease, World Health Organisation (WHO) experts said on Monday in findings that could sharpen debate over the merits of a meat-based diet. The France-based International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), part

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Sept. U.S. feedlot cattle placements near 20-year low

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters October 24, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — The number of cattle moved into U.S. feedlots in September fell to its lowest since the government began compiling the data in 1996, a U.S. Department of Agriculture report showed on Friday. Last month’s placement results were nearly in line with analysts’ forecasts, mostly based on the fall in prices for

Crops, Markets

Feed: China expected to cut back on corn stockpiles

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team October 23, 2015

CNS Canada — Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world feed grains markets on Friday, Oct. 23. • Corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade were down one to two cents in early activity on Friday as strength in the U.S. dollar weighed on the commodity. • Cash prices for delivered

Daily Network News

New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

Feed Grains Weekly: Cash prices for wheat, barley largely flat

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

Hay

Trimble to buy consulting firm Agri-Trend

U.S. livestock: Technical trading, holiday fears sour hog, cattle futures

Klassen: Quality calves support feeder market

U.S. livestock: Lower cash prices again send CME hogs to six-year low

TPP deal to pressure Canadian dairy farmers, Saputo says

Feed: Cheap Brazilian corn bound for U.S.

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, hogs sag while digesting meat warnings

Processed meat can cause cancer, red meat probably can: WHO

Sept. U.S. feedlot cattle placements near 20-year low

Feed: China expected to cut back on corn stockpiles

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