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U.S. pork demand strong, but trade disputes could hit exports

Growing U.S. domestic demand will only go so far as the  U.S. government picks trade fights with key export markets

By Michael Hirtzer, Theopolis Waters February 13, 2018

American consumers are snapping up plentiful low-cost pork, but U.S. farmers are worried that trade spats with key export markets in China, Mexico and Canada could hurt a lucrative part of their pork business. The domestic demand outlook remains bright, thanks to the strong U.S. economy, upcoming spring grilling season and Easter holiday ham purchases.

NAFTA uncertainty isn’t helping encourage new hog barn construction in Manitoba, Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler told reporters after he spoke at Ag Days in Brandon Jan. 16. He said Manitoba processors need 1,500 more slaughter hogs a week.

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Uncertainty puts brakes on hog barns

Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler is optimistic about NAFTA,  noting Trump can’t end the deal without support from the Senate  and the House of Representatives

By Allan Dawson February 5, 2018

Manitoba needs 40 new hog barns over the next five years to meet nearby processor demand, but the province’s agriculture minister says NAFTA uncertainty is hindering that development. “I would say that is part of the problem, to be honest,” Ralph Eichler told reporters at Ag Days here Jan. 16. “There’s that uncertainly. But let’s

Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Pork exports key in 2018 as U.S. slaughter ramps up

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News January 30, 2018

CNS Canada –– Canadian pork producers should see higher returns for their product in the spring of 2018, but whether those prices last may determine how successful Canada is at tapping new markets. According to U.S. Department of Agriculture supply estimates, weekly U.S. hog slaughter numbers over the past two months have averaged 2.369 million

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME cattle drop daily limit on lower cash market sales

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume January 5, 2018

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell sharply on Friday and hit daily trading limits on weaker cash market prices and easing concerns that frigid weather in feedlot areas could disrupt marketings. Fund selling, or “rolling,” of lead-month positions into deferred months ahead of similar moves early next week added pressure.

Equipment dealers pitch to potential new customers during the 2017 Hog Days in Brandon Dec. 14.

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Hog Days celebrated in Brandon

Dec. 14 marked the return of Manitoba’s Hog and Livestock Days, a biennial show highlighting the pork sector

By Alexis Stockford January 5, 2018

It was all about the pigs in Brandon. Manitoba’s Hog and Livestock Days, more commonly known as Hog Days, returned to the Keystone Centre Dec. 14. The biennial show was last held in 2015. The pork-specific trade show was up about 25 exhibitors, bringing participation up to 135 booths. “In two years, a lot of

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Pork sector mixed victories and challenges in 2017

Policy changes positive war with the worst PEDv outbreak on record and renewed criticism from Hog Watch as pork producers look back on 2017

By Alexis Stockford January 5, 2018

Manitoba’s pork sector has racked up victories on paper, but challenges on the ground during 2017. In perhaps one of the biggest wins for the industry, 2017 ended the freeze on new barns, something industry has fought for since a rule requiring anaerobic digesters in new barns was first introduced in 2006 and expanded province-wide

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME cattle dip on mild Plains outlook, East Coast snow

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume January 4, 2018

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures turned lower on Thursday in a technical selling and profit-taking setback and on concerns of a slowdown in beef demand in the storm-hit eastern United States, traders said. A winter storm continued its march up the U.S. East Coast on Thursday, with blizzard warnings from

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hogs turn up on cash, wholesale pork prices

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters January 3, 2018

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs finished higher on Wednesday after stronger cash and wholesale pork prices pared some of Tuesday’s losses, said traders. Funds periodically sold, or “rolled,” lead-month positions into deferred months ahead of similar moves early next week. Monday will be the first of five days that funds in

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME cattle rally on higher cash, beef prices

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume January 2, 2018

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rallied about 1.5 percent on Tuesday on fund buying and stronger cash cattle and beef prices, traders said. Frigid temperatures in U.S. Plains cattle producing areas also supported futures as such weather could slow down cattle weight gains, making them less available to packers. Actively

Manitoba Pork swine health programs manager Jenelle Hamblin.

Hogs, Local news

Pork sector learns biosecurity lessons from PEDv

2017 was by far the worst PEDv year on record, but it also forced a hard look at biosecurity and those lessons may lay the groundwork against future pig diseases

By Alexis Stockford December 19, 2017

The summer’s PEDv outbreak has been a hard teacher on biosecurity issues, but the Manitoba Pork Council says those lessons will help fight future diseases like PRRS (porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome). The pork sector was rocked in the east this year, with 80 barns testing positive for PEDv, including the first cases west of

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soybeans turn higher as traders weigh China demand; wheat climbs

ICE Canada Weekly: Canola needs to back away from highs

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures jump back up, hogs fall

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U.S. pork demand strong, but trade disputes could hit exports

Uncertainty puts brakes on hog barns

Pork exports key in 2018 as U.S. slaughter ramps up

U.S. livestock: CME cattle drop daily limit on lower cash market sales

Hog Days celebrated in Brandon

Pork sector mixed victories and challenges in 2017

U.S. livestock: CME cattle dip on mild Plains outlook, East Coast snow

U.S. livestock: Hogs turn up on cash, wholesale pork prices

U.S. livestock: CME cattle rally on higher cash, beef prices

Pork sector learns biosecurity lessons from PEDv

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