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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Lean hog futures lower, live cattle follow suit

By GFM Network News April 22, 2019

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. hog futures declined on Monday on a mix of softer cash hog prices and technical selling after a run-up to contract highs earlier this month, traders said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures followed hogs lower. The benchmark June lean hogs contract fell roughly 3 percent, settling down 2.975 cents at 93.775 […] Read more

CME December 2019 lean hogs with Bollinger (20,2) bands, a gauge of market volatility. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Deferred hog futures set contract highs for fourth day

By GFM Network News April 18, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures set new contract highs in deferred months for a fourth consecutive day on Thursday on expectations of increased demand from China, before prices pulled back. Deferred feeder cattle futures also set contract highs. An outbreak of African swine fever in China fueled the temporary advances in deferred hog […] Read more

CME October 2019 lean hogs with Bollinger (20,2) bands, a gauge of market volatility. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Deferred CME hog futures set contract highs

By GFM Network News April 17, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures rallied to new contract highs in deferred months on Wednesday on projections that China will accelerate pork imports in the last half of the year, following an outbreak of an incurable swine disease. China is expected to import more pork to fill a hole in protein supplies left […] Read more

General, Livestock

Alberta ag minister Carlier downed in UCP win

By GFM Network News April 17, 2019

Alberta’s incumbent agriculture minister was among the casualties as Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party defeated Rachel Notley’s New Democrats in Tuesday night’s provincial election. Oneil Carlier, the provincial NDP government’s minister of agriculture and forestry since May 2015 and deputy government house leader since February 2016, was unseated in his riding of Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland […] Read more

CME June 2019 lean hogs with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Deferred CME hogs extend gains on China virus outbreak

By GFM Network News April 16, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures closed mixed on Tuesday as front-month contracts stumbled in a setback from recent gains, while deferred contracts rose on expectations for increased demand from China due to an outbreak of a fatal hog disease. Gains in the market have been fueled by worries about an epidemic of African […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Alberta demand drives feeder market higher

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News April 16, 2019

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices were $2-$4 higher while calves were relatively unchanged. Stronger fed cattle prices in the deferred positions along with lower new-crop barley values resulted in a firmer tone. We’re in the last half of April and quality cattle will be hard to come by in 30 days; this […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

EU says ready to launch U.S. trade talks, but without agriculture

By GFM Network News April 15, 2019

Brussels | Reuters — The European Union is ready to start talks on a trade agreement with the United States and aims to conclude a deal before year-end, European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said on Monday. The EU approved two areas for negotiation, opposed by France with an abstention from Belgium. But agriculture was not […] Read more

CME May 2019 lean hogs with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs push higher as herds in China suffer from virus

By GFM Network News April 15, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures closed mostly higher on Monday on increasing expectations that China will need to import more pork to compensate for hogs killed in an outbreak of an incurable swine disease. The front-month contract, which is thinly traded, set its highest price in about 21 months as the market rose […] Read more

Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Applying economics to bull selection

Which of the EPD traits improve returns, reduce costs?

By Beef Cattle Research Council April 15, 2019

Editor’s note: The Beef Cattle Research Council has put together an excellent four-part blog series on bull selection. You can find the full series on their website at www.beefresearch.ca. The following are among key points from part three, which looks at a bull’s EPDs and determining which are the most economically relevant traits (ERTs). The series points out that ERTs are just one […] Read more

Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Trich test — make sure bulls are clean

It’s an important tool for avoiding reproductive problems

By Heather Smith Thomas April 15, 2019

Trichomoniasis is a reproductive disease which results in early pregnancy loss and open cows at the end of the year. The first thing a producer might notice is cows returning to heat when they should be pregnant. This sexually transmitted disease is caused by protozoa that live in the reproductive tract of cows and sheath […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures slow descent

U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat plummet from highs on limited Chinese demand

Feed Grain Weekly: Prices starting to pick up

Beef cattle

U.S. livestock: Lean hog futures lower, live cattle follow suit

U.S. livestock: Deferred hog futures set contract highs for fourth day

U.S. livestock: Deferred CME hog futures set contract highs

Alberta ag minister Carlier downed in UCP win

U.S. livestock: Deferred CME hogs extend gains on China virus outbreak

Klassen: Alberta demand drives feeder market higher

EU says ready to launch U.S. trade talks, but without agriculture

U.S. livestock: CME hogs push higher as herds in China suffer from virus

Applying economics to bull selection

Trich test — make sure bulls are clean

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