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Brazilian meatpacker JBS SA’s logo on a tower in Jundiai, northwest of Sao Paulo in southeastern Brazil, on June 1, 2017. (File photo: Reuters/Paulo Whitaker)
Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Beef consumption to rise in China, JBS predicts

China seen as more competitive in domestic chicken, pork markets

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Sao Paulo | Reuters — Demand for beef in China is expected to rise as the country still has relatively low per capita consumption, Gilberto Tomazoni, chief executive of JBS SA, said on Wednesday during a business conference. He said Brazil and the U.S., where JBS has meat facilities, are well positioned to meet China’s
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Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market percolates higher amid finicky buyers

Ontario feedlots bring demand for West's calves

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Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded steady to $4 higher on average. Certain pockets in Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan had steer calves up $4-$8 from week-ago levels. Alberta values were relatively unchanged from seven days earlier on all weight categories. Steady demand was noted from Ontario feedlots for calves while Alberta
CME April 2023 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: April live cattle down slightly

U.S. cattle inventory report shows steep decline; lean hogs also lower

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures climbed to new contract highs early in the session before settling slightly lower on Tuesday, as traders assessed U.S. cattle inventory levels ahead of the U.S. Agriculture Department’s biannual report. After the market closed, USDA reported that the U.S. beef cow herd dropped to 28.9 million head,
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Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

U.S. seeks new dispute panel over Canadian dairy imports

Panel would be second on matter since CUSMA took effect

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Washington | Reuters — The United States on Tuesday said it was seeking a second trade dispute settlement panel over Canada’s dairy import quotas, charging that Canada was still not meeting obligations to open its market to U.S. producers. The U.S. Trade Representative’s office said it was challenging Canada’s revised tariff-rate quota (TRQ) allocations that
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Beef cattle, Livestock

U.S. beef cow herd falls to lowest level since 1962, USDA says

Last year saw record cull, Rabobank reports

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Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. beef cow herd dropped to its lowest level since 1962, U.S. Department of Agriculture data showed on Tuesday, after a severe drought raised costs for livestock feed. Ranchers increasingly sent cows to slaughter last year, instead of keeping them to reproduce, as dry weather reduced the amount of pasture
CME April 2023 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Live cattle firm on strong cash trade

Cattle inventory report due out Tuesday; CME hogs end mixed

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures firmed on Monday, supported by strengthening cash trade and in anticipation of the U.S. Agriculture Department’s biannual cattle inventory report, due out on Tuesday. “Historically, the cattle inventory report wouldn’t be that big of a market mover. But it is a good check in on where you’re
A weaning ramp is easier on piglets and on the workers who handle them.
Hogs, News

Manitoba piglet ‘weaning ramp’ earns Aherne Prize

Temple Grandin praises innovative ramp that saves the backs of workers and is gentler on piglets

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Two employees of HyLife sow farms in La Broquerie have won the F. X. Aherne Prize for Innovative Pork Production at the 2023 Banff Pork Seminar. In most sow farms, the weaning process typically involves picking up piglets, vaccinating them and separating them by sex. But repeatedly collecting and picking up piglets places strain on
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Livestock

Préval closes deal for Alberta lamb processor, feedlot

Quebec firm picks up defunct NALCO's Alberta assets

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Quebec agrifood firm Préval Ag has wrapped up its deal to buy the Alberta processing and production assets of the defunct North American Lamb Co., marking Préval’s first move into the lamb sector outside its home province. As per Alberta Farmer’s report last week, Préval confirmed Monday its divisions Westfine Meats and West Excelamb are
CME April 2023 lean hogs with 10-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hog futures drop on plentiful supplies

Live cattle steady to weak

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures eased on Friday, with ample supplies weighing on prices due to a heavy pace of slaughter this year. Live cattle futures were steady to weak in rangebound trade, with light activity in the cash market hanging over prices. February lean hog futures dropped 1.15 cents, to 75.875 cents/lb.,
Brenna Grant from CanFax visited Manitoba in mid-January to give cattle producers a peek into 
2023 expectations.
Beef cattle, Livestock

Cattle market to keep stride

The upcoming year should see the continuation of strong prices

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The beef sector can expect the market to keep its momentum in 2023. That was the message as CanFax made the rounds in Manitoba in mid-January to present the latest economic forecasts to producers. Why it matters: A string of hard production years was followed by a surge in calf and feeder prices, but that

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