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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end higher, but off session tops

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters April 6, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts on Wednesday reversed some of Tuesday’s heavy losses, helped by short-covering and bargain hunting, traders said. April live cattle ended 1.4 cents/lb. higher at 132.075 cents, and June closed 1.1 cents higher at 121.85 (all figures US$). Futures’ price discount to early-week prices for market-ready,

Beef cattle, Livestock

Suspected cattle-attacking gator killed in Florida

By GFM Network News April 6, 2016

Orlando | Reuters –– A 780-lb. “monster” alligator slain in a Florida hunt and hauled out of the water with a farm tractor falls short of the state record for length, a wildlife official said on Wednesday. “A big alligator nonetheless, but they are not going to have an official measurement because it’s not going

Crops, Markets

Limited selling, buying leave feed barley flat in Lethbridge

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus April 5, 2016

CNS Canada — Lethbridge’s feed barley market is sitting stagnant, as feedlots quit hand-to-mouth buying and farmers hold onto their grain. Farmers who stored their feed barley post-harvest don’t want to sell at current prices, despite relative strength, said Jared Seitz, trade manager for Agfinity at Stony Plain, Alta. “It’s not so much that prices

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feedlot operators throw in towel on feeder market

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen April 5, 2016

Weaker wholesale beef values, along with softer fed cattle prices, set a negative tone for the feeder cattle market this past week. Western Canadian feeder markets were trading $4-$8 below week-ago levels, with calves trading as much as $10 lower in some cases. Producers can become nauseous watching these live cattle futures, but this is

Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart, shown here at Ag in Motion in 2015, plans to leave the post following a recent cancer diagnosis. (File photo by Lisa Guenther)

Crops

Saskatchewan ag minister, ag critic return in election

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 5, 2016

Saskatchewan’s agriculture minister and opposition ag critic both easily held their ridings Monday night as the governing Saskatchewan Party completed its electoral hat trick. By about 1 a.m. Tuesday, Premier Brad Wall’s Saskatchewan Party had won 51 of 61 ridings, for a third straight majority mandate coming out of Monday’s general election. The opposition New

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hogs fall to 10-week lows on pork price losses

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer April 1, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hogs tumbled to the lowest in 10 weeks on Friday as pork price declines triggered selling by technical traders and investment funds, traders and analysts said. Hogs fell more than one per cent at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, led by losses in deferred contracts such as June and August

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle limit up on bearish corn data

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters March 31, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures on Thursday settled up their 4.5-cents/lb. maximum daily price limit, spurred by the morning’s bearish government grain report, traders said. U.S. farmers intend to plant 93.6 million acres of corn and 82.2 million acres of soybeans in 2016, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on

(Regis Lefebure photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME hogs finish higher

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters March 29, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures gained for a second straight day on Tuesday in a quiet session, with help from short-covering and technical buying, traders said. April closed up 0.325 cent/lb., to 70.25 cents (all figures US$). May ended 0.575 cent higher at 78.85 cents and June finished up 0.475

Crops, Markets

End of China’s corn stockpiling threatens global feed trade

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek March 29, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — Grain traders worried on Tuesday about the risk for reduced demand from China after the government said it would scrap its corn stockpiling program at a time when global markets are awash with excess supplies. Traders said importers in China would likely reduce purchases of farm products used to feed livestock,

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder cattle trade lower

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen March 29, 2016

The “one-week wonder” from seven to 10 days ago appears to have evaporated; a softer sentiment blanketed Western Canada this week, with feeder markets dropping $4 to $6 on average. A significant slide in live cattle futures, along with softer cash prices, caused feedlots to move into a risk-averse mentality. Heavier replacements took the brunt

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end higher, but off session tops

Suspected cattle-attacking gator killed in Florida

Limited selling, buying leave feed barley flat in Lethbridge

Klassen: Feedlot operators throw in towel on feeder market

Saskatchewan ag minister, ag critic return in election

U.S. livestock: Hogs fall to 10-week lows on pork price losses

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle limit up on bearish corn data

U.S. livestock: CME hogs finish higher

End of China’s corn stockpiling threatens global feed trade

Klassen: Feeder cattle trade lower

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