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Maple Leaf’s Brandon plant is operating at 75 per cent capacity due to shortages of hogs and workers. photo: supplied

Double trouble for Maple Leaf

Pigs and people to  process them are in  short supply

By Allan Dawson July 25, 2014

Getting more pigs and people to process them into Maple Leaf Foods’ hog-killing plant in Brandon isn’t as simple as putting more dollars on the table, said the plant’s Morgan Curran-Blaney. “There’s not enough (pigs) so you end up stealing from somebody else,” Curran-Blaney told reporters July 10 after speaking at the Keystone Agricultural Producers’

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock

LIVESTOCK: CME hog futures slide on weaker cash, pork prices

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters July 24, 2014

Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures on Thursday finished lower, pulled down by softer cash hog and wholesale pork prices, traders said. August finished 1.375 cents per lb lower at 123.200 cents, and October at 107.900, 2.550 cents lower. The average price of market-ready, or cash, hogs Thursday morning in the eastern Midwest, fell

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock

U.S. court upholds FDA animal feed policy despite health concern

By GFM Network News, Jonathan Stempel July 24, 2014

Reuters — A divided federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a U.S. Food and Drug Administration policy allowing the use of various antibiotics in animal feed, even if such use might endanger the public health. Reversing a lower court ruling, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York said the FDA was empowered

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock

Panel’s report likely to tie farm antibiotics to human resistance

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter July 23, 2014

Reuters — A White House advisory committee is expected to acknowledge the link between antimicrobial resistance in humans and livestock being fed antibiotics when it issues its report in the next few weeks, according to the transcript of a committee meeting held earlier this month. But how much of the public health problem can be

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock

LIVESTOCK: CME hogs drop 3-cent price limit as funds sell off

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters July 23, 2014

Chicago/Reuters — Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures on Wednesday closed down the 3-cents per lb maximum daily price limit in the wake of fund liquidation, traders said. August ended 3.000 cents per lb lower at 124.575 cents, and October at 110.450, 3.000 cents lower. Packers snug on supplies for the week, and grocers reluctant

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock

LIVESTOCK: CME live cattle jump about 2 pct on record beef prices

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters July 22, 2014

Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose almost 2 per cent on Tuesday, fueled by short-covering in response to record-high beef prices, traders said. Tuesday morning’s wholesale price for choice beef surged $3.07 per hundredweight (cwt) from Monday to an all-time high of $253.59. Select beef climbed $2.10 to a record $246.18, according

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock

LIVESTOCK: Beef price surge extends CME live cattle advances

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters July 21, 2014

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures gained for a third straight session, fuelled by sharply higher wholesale beef prices, traders said. August live cattle finished 1.325 cents per lb higher at 152.950 cents, and October 0.925 cent higher at 155.250. Monday morning’s wholesale price for choice beef jumped $2.02 per cwt from Friday to $250.47.

Hogs, Livestock

Pork council stung by province’s stance on hog barn expansion

The Manitoba Pork Council is shocked and disappointed by Conservation and Water Stewardship  Minister Gord Mackintosh’s stance on hog barn expansion

By Shannon VanRaes July 18, 2014

The Manitoba government is playing politics when it comes to hog barns, says the Manitoba Pork Council. Reacting to a letter from Conservation and Water Stewardship Minister Gord Mackintosh and published in the Manitoba Co-operator, council chairman Karl Kynoch said he was extremely disappointed by the minister’s position on hog barn expansion and alternative manure-handling

Four farmers discussed nutrient management during the 4R Nutrient Field Day at Kelburn Farm July 3. Curtis McRae (l to r), Ed Peters, Frank Prince and Jonathan Hodson. photo: allan dawson

Crops, Hogs

Farmer panel discusses 4R nutrient stewardship

There could a fifth ‘R’ in sustainable nutrient management — the right economics

By Allan Dawson July 16, 2014

The 4R Nutrient Stewardship program aimed at promoting nutrient management on Canadian farms is short an R. The four “Rs” are using the right source of fertilizer, applied at the right time, at the right rate and in the right place. The fifth “R” is the right economics. “Economics determine the rate of change,” Virden

Beef cattle, Hogs, Markets

Livestock — Strong cash, pork prices lift CME hog futures

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters July 14, 2014

Chicago|Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures on Monday closed higher, supported by strong prices for slaughter-ready, or cash, hogs and wholesale pork values, traders said. Monday morning’s average hog price in the Iowa/Minnesota market rose $2.58 per hundredweight (cwt) from Friday to $133.77, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. USDA’s data showed the morning’s

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Hogs

Double trouble for Maple Leaf

LIVESTOCK: CME hog futures slide on weaker cash, pork prices

U.S. court upholds FDA animal feed policy despite health concern

Panel’s report likely to tie farm antibiotics to human resistance

LIVESTOCK: CME hogs drop 3-cent price limit as funds sell off

LIVESTOCK: CME live cattle jump about 2 pct on record beef prices

LIVESTOCK: Beef price surge extends CME live cattle advances

Pork council stung by province’s stance on hog barn expansion

Farmer panel discusses 4R nutrient stewardship

Livestock — Strong cash, pork prices lift CME hog futures

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