Sheep & Goat Market Report – for Jan. 14, 2010

Ewes Table 1. Winnipeg, Jan. 7 Lambs 110 95-110 80-94 <80 70-79 60-69 50-59 40-49 December 2009 January 2010 86.90-129.50 99.60-117.00 161.00 134.40-154.08 89.60-120.90 82.55-106.26 81.62 64.13 N/A N/A 109.06-143.22 124.74-125.10 123.24-124.03 100.64-104.94 84.80 N/A Lambs 65-80 80-95 95-110 110 2.85 2.19-1.90 1.781.79 1.36-1.46 3.15 3.29 2.00-2.05 1.55-1.67 1.33-1.36 Goats (kids) 35-49 50-75 1.88-1.84 1.50-1.47

TD Predicts Higher Prices, Lower Incomes

Canadian farmers should get slightly better prices for their crops and livestock next year, but rising input costs could mean they earn less net income, the Toronto Dominion Bank said Nov. 5. A firming of global supply-demand conditions and an easing in the value of the Canadian dollar in next year’s third and fourth quarters



Glen Nicoll’s Manitoba Roundup – for Apr. 9, 2009

GLEN NICOLL Th o s e reefer trucks hauling Canadian beef into the U. S. shouldn’t have too much trouble finding a back-haul beyond the usual loads of fresh produce, although the drought in California will be cutting the West Coast production. So far this year there has been 162,117 thousand tonnes of American beef


Glen Nicoll – for Mar. 26, 2009

Considering that BSE broke more than five years ago, the Canadian beef cow herd contraction has only sizably shown up in the last few years with 2008 showing the largest shrinkage at six per cent. The 2.5 million cows of ’03 ballooned to 5.6 million by the next year. We have been right around five

Further weakening seen for loonie

The Canadian dollar, which has already taken a beating in the past month, is likely to see further downside before stability returns to foreign exchange markets. Barring a major reversal in investor sentiment, the Canadian dollar is on course to see its biggest monthly decline since at least 1950, market watchers say. On Oct. 28,