Canadian, U. S. Livestock Inventories Drop

A merged report by Statistics Canada and the U. S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) finds both countries’ cattle and hog herds in shrink mode. The merged report, produced regularly for the U. S. cattle and hog industries, is meant to provide producers additional information about potential supplies. CATTLE Using cattle U.

Glen Nicoll’s Manitoba Roundup – for Feb. 19, 2009

In response to producers who tracked me down, we’ l l be endeavouring to get you the price breakdowns you desire and get back at the Manitoba Roundup. The professional opinion is that I’m not up to 14-hour days bouncing down the road. So instead of plugging in the truck I’ll be plugging into live


U. S. egg sets down

U. S. commercial hatcheries in the 19-state weekly program set 201 million eggs in incubators during the week ending Nov. 15, down seven per cent from the corresponding week a year earlier, the U. S. Agriculture Department said on Nov. 19. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week was 83 per cent. Broiler growers