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CME August 2019 feeder cattle with Bollinger (20,2) bands, a gauge of market volatility. (Barchart)

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures end lower

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen, Reuters June 13, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell Thursday for a second straight session, pressured by technical selling and expectations of ample U.S. summertime supplies of cattle and beef, traders said. “We’re still just in the middle of June, and we know we have a big supply coming in,” said Scott Varilek,

CME August 2019 live cattle, with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures sag under pressure from big supplies

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek June 12, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. livestock futures weakened on Wednesday under pressure from large numbers of cattle and hogs and uncertainty over demand, traders said. Declines in the markets reflected expectations that meat supplies will remain plentiful, after farmers expanded their herds. Beef production in the third quarter of 2019 is expected to top seven

Livestock, News

Bacteria shares antibiotic resistance with genetic partners

When one antibiotic is used, resistance to many antibiotics can increase

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 11, 2016

Michigan State University researchers have uncovered a troubling trend towards multiple antibiotic resistance in concentrated animal feeding operations. A research team led by James Tiedje, distinguished professor of microbiology found that in large swine farms where antibiotics are used continuously in feed for growth promotion and disease prevention, multidrug-resistant bacteria are likely the norm rather

Hogs, Livestock

Fibre could be key to reducing sow aggression

Changes to swine nutrition must benefit the producer’s bottom line, not just increase a barn’s throughput

By Shannon VanRaes April 15, 2014

Changes are coming to Manitoba’s hog barns, and for Denise Beaulieu that means it’s time to revaluate swine nutrition. With hog prices improving and feed costs declining, the Prairie Swine Centre nutrition expert said pork producers should be looking at new input models and investigating ways to increase net profits through feed efficiency. “For the

Hogs, Livestock

Condition of barn key to conversion costs

It might not add up to the total cost it will take to convert sow barns to open housing, but group housing has financial benefits

By Shannon VanRaes April 11, 2014

When Denise Beaulieu asked a group of pork producers if they’re planning to convert their barns over to group housing in the next couple years, not a single hand went up. “We know it’s coming up, we know at some point we have to do this,” said Beaulieu, a nutrition expert at the Prairie Swine

Hogs, Livestock

Manitoba’s hog industry holding the line against PED

Discovery of Delta coronavirus at six Ontario sites shows a ‘portal’ is letting in new diseases, says vet

By Daniel Winters April 1, 2014

Biosecurity measures undertaken by all sectors of the hog industry have managed to hold the line against the highly contagious porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, (PEDv). Manitoba has experienced just one infected premise in Manitoba and two positive swabs at high hog traffic areas, said Karl Kynoch, chair of the Manitoba Pork Council. “That’s hugely positive

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

Tag Archives swine

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures end lower

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures sag under pressure from big supplies

Bacteria shares antibiotic resistance with genetic partners

Fibre could be key to reducing sow aggression

Condition of barn key to conversion costs

Manitoba’s hog industry holding the line against PED

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