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Editorial: Pork sector making progress

By Laura Rance-Unger September 21, 2015

A recent survey suggests the Manitoba pork sector is making incremental but important gains in repairing its relationship with the general public. A survey of 1,000 households conducted by Probe Research recently found 56 per cent favoured loosening the restrictions the Manitoba government has placed on new barn construction. Thirty-two per cent favoured leaving those

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME cattle repeat lows before USDA report

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters September 18, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Friday sank to new contract lows, and hit their lowest in 16 months, for a third consecutive session, pressured by lackluster wholesale beef demand, traders said. Investors exercised caution before the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed report today at 2 p.m.

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock

McDonald’s investor wants it to cut antibiotics in all meats

By GFM Network News, Lisa Baertlein September 18, 2015

Los Angeles | Reuters –– A McDonald’s Corp. shareholder group is renewing its call for the fast-food chain to stop buying any meat from animals raised with antibiotics vital to fighting human infections. The move from the Congregation of Benedictine Sisters of Boerne, Texas, comes amid growing concern from public health experts that the overuse

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

NAFTA countries debate COOL harm at WTO

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 17, 2015

Canada and Mexico have made their case before a World Trade Organization arbitration panel on how much tariff revenge they’re allowed to impose on U.S. goods over country-of-origin labelling (COOL). The WTO “has ruled four times that the U.S.’s COOL rules are discriminatory,” Canadian Pork Council chairman Rick Bergmann said in a council release Wednesday

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME live, feeder cattle ease to 16-month low

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters September 17, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Thursday hit a 16-month bottom, falling to contract lows for a second straight session, on lower wholesale beef values and further cash price weakness, traders said. Spot-October closed 0.75 cent/lb. lower at 136.85 cents, and earlier marked a contract low of 136.525 (all figures

PEDv spread like wildfire in the U.S., but Canada successfully limited its spread.

Hogs, Livestock

Standing tall: How Canada’s pork sector survived the attack of a killer virus

PEDv decimated the U.S. hog herd, but Canada showed how to do biosecurity right

By Alexis Kienlen September 16, 2015

When it comes to finding expert advice on biosecurity, cattle producers might want to sit down with their local hog farmer. The country’s outstanding record on controlling the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus has a host of lessons for the cattle sector, says a swine veterinarian who was deeply involved in Alberta’s battle against PEDv. Start

(Regis Lefebure photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Pork prices set to soften, analyst says

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News September 16, 2015

CNS Canada — As the North American barbecue season winds down for another year, so too goes some strength in the pork market. For instance, cash slaughter-weight hogs in Saskatchewan, based on the Maple Leaf Signature #3 contract, averaged $162.55/cwt last week, down $7.95 (4.7 per cent) per 100 kg, according to Brad Marceniuk, a

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock

Study alleges U.S. fast food still mostly raised on antibiotics

By GFM Network News, Lisa Baertlein September 16, 2015

Los Angeles | Reuters –– Most large U.S. fast-food chains still serve meat from farm animals that have been routinely fed antibiotics, consumer groups said in a new report, which concluded that many companies have not yet laid out plans to curb the practice. Subway, Starbucks, KFC and Domino’s Pizza were among the industry leaders

Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Hogs, Livestock

Yukon to help cover livestock vets’ travel costs

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 16, 2015

The Yukon government has launched a pilot program to help cover veterinarians’ travel and service expenses for farm calls. The territory government on Tuesday announced it will accept up to 30 farmers for the pilot of the Veterinary Services Program, running from now to the end of March 2016. The program will reimburse participating veterinarians

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME hogs climb as cash prices firm

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters September 15, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs climbed four per cent on Tuesday, pulled up by short-covering following the recent bump in cash prices that may have ended their two-week losing streak, traders said. Spot October ended up 2.55 cents/lb. at 69.375, and December 1.6 cents higher at 63.85 (all figures US$). Tuesday

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Editorial: Pork sector making progress

U.S. livestock: CME cattle repeat lows before USDA report

McDonald’s investor wants it to cut antibiotics in all meats

NAFTA countries debate COOL harm at WTO

U.S. livestock: CME live, feeder cattle ease to 16-month low

Standing tall: How Canada’s pork sector survived the attack of a killer virus

Pork prices set to soften, analyst says

Study alleges U.S. fast food still mostly raised on antibiotics

Yukon to help cover livestock vets’ travel costs

U.S. livestock: CME hogs climb as cash prices firm

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