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U.S. livestock: CME hogs weaken on technical selling, demand uncertainty

By Mark Weinraub, GFM Network News January 24, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures eased on Thursday on a round of technical follow-through selling after declining on Wednesday, traders said. Weakness in the cash market, as well as uncertainty about demand from China, also weighed on the hog market. CME February lean hogs closed Thursday at 59.825 cents/lb., down from […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures rise on bargain buying

By Mark Weinraub, GFM Network News January 23, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures rose on Wednesday, led higher by a bargain buying bounce in the feeder cattle contracts. The feeder cattle market, which jumped 1.4 per cent on Wednesday, was sharply oversold after the front-month contract hit its lowest since May 24 on Tuesday, traders said. “The feeder market […] Read more

CBOT March 2019 wheat with 100- and 50-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm on South America weather worries

By GFM Network News January 23, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Wednesday on worries about poor crop weather reducing yield potential in South America, analysts said, while traders continued to watch for any developments in U.S. trade relations with top global soy buyer China. Wheat firmed on hopes that rising prices in Russia, the world’s biggest exporter, […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle fall as temperatures set to rise

By Mark Weinraub, GFM Network News January 22, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures eased on Monday, pressured by forecasts for better weather in the U.S. Plains following snowstorms and bitter cold in the past week, traders said. “The big thing in the cattle was a real clear message that we have a sharp increase in temperatures coming up in […] Read more

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Eat plant-based foods more often, new Food Guide says

By Lorraine Stevenson, GFM Network News January 22, 2019

Health Canada unveiled a new Canada Food Guide today that ends the era of the ‘four food groups,’ no longer refers to serving sizes nor specific amounts of food to eat daily, and replaces the former iconic rainbow with a dinner plate comprised mostly of plant-based foods. This new guide is all about proportion rather […] Read more

USDA’s main home page on Jan. 11, 2019. (GFM Staff photo)

General, Reuters

USDA to reopen all farm agency offices

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 22, 2019

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday it will reopen all Farm Service Agency offices on Thursday to offer services to farmers and ranchers during the partial government shutdown. Some Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices had been providing limited services since Jan. 17, but the move means all of the agency’s […] Read more

Administering painkillers can benefit cattle production on several levels.

Cattleman’s Corner, Cow-Calf

Using NSAID painkillers at calving

Animal Health: The treatment can benefit both cows and calves

By Roy Lewis January 21, 2019

With pain medication there may be adjunct treatment with antibiotics but sometimes this is unnecessary. If your veterinarian prescribes NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) for pain he/she may choose one for several reasons — label claims, past experience in the field, price per treatment or per 100 pounds, duration of activity, ease of administration, advice of […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs rise on hopes for China trade talks

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News January 19, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Hopes for progress in talks to resolve the U.S.-China trade war lifted Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures on Friday, traders said. Wall Street and commodities advanced after Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter, reported that China offered to go on a six-year buying spree to ramp up imports from […] Read more

A file photo of Brazil’s Mata Atlantica (Atlantic rainforest). (FG Trade/E+/Getty Images)

General, Reuters, Weather

Brazil ag minister eyes indigenous land for commercial farming

By GFM Network News January 18, 2019

Brasilia | Reuters — Brazil should open indigenous land to commercial farming, Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias said on Friday, while also seeking to soften many of President Jair Bolsonaro’s controversial stances on native people and the environment. Farmers form a key base of support for right-wing firebrand Bolsonaro who since taking office Jan. 1 […] Read more

Barley, Corn, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie prices stable during mild winter

By GFM Network News January 18, 2019

With the mild winter Western Canada has been experiencing, feed grain buyers expect prices should stay quiet for the next while. “I would say the buyers have adequate coverage for January, February, even a bit of March. And I would say we maybe have seen the (barley) price soften up a bit,” said Nelson Neumann, […] Read more

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Beef cattle

U.S. livestock: CME hogs weaken on technical selling, demand uncertainty

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures rise on bargain buying

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm on South America weather worries

U.S. livestock: CME cattle fall as temperatures set to rise

Eat plant-based foods more often, new Food Guide says

USDA to reopen all farm agency offices

Using NSAID painkillers at calving

U.S. livestock: Hogs rise on hopes for China trade talks

Brazil ag minister eyes indigenous land for commercial farming

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie prices stable during mild winter

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