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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle touch six-month low on big supply

By GFM Network News March 26, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle tumbled to a six-month low on Monday as a glut of animals at U.S. feedlots fueled concerns about plentiful beef supplies into the fall, traders said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported after Friday’s market close that ranchers had placed 7.3 per cent more cattle in […] Read more

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General, Machinery

Ontario power utilities offer farm water pump rebate

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 25, 2018

Ontario farmers buying certain types of high-efficiency water pumping systems for irrigation, horticulture or stock watering could now be up for rebates. Hydro One and Niagara Peninsula Energy (NPEI) on Friday announced the AgriPump rebate program, which the two electricity utilities described as the first plan of its kind in the province. For farmer customers […] Read more

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Alberta names new deputy ag minister

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 23, 2018

Alberta’s deputy provincial environment minister, a civil engineer and 28-year veteran of the Canadian Forces, has been named the province’s new top agriculture bureaucrat. Premier Rachel Notley on Tuesday put through an order in council appointing Andre Corbould as Alberta’s deputy minister of agriculture and forestry effective Wednesday, replacing Beverly Yee. Corbould, the province’s deputy […] Read more

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Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

U.S. pork to feel further chill from China tariff threat

By GFM Network News March 23, 2018

Beijing/Chicago | Reuters — China’s threat of steep tariffs on U.S. pork imports knocked down U.S. hog futures prices and shares of producers on Friday, while increasing fears of hard times for farmers already facing weaker demand from the world’s top buyer of the meat. U.S. farmers have worried for months that rising trade tensions […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs slump again on cash prices, trade war threat

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 23, 2018

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs fell on Friday for a second straight day, hit by recent cash hog price weakness and mounting worries about a potential trade war between the U.S. and China, traders said. Beijing said Friday it was considering imposing an additional tariff on U.S. products including an extra […] Read more

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General, Machinery

‘Clean’ tech adoption up for federal funding

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 23, 2018

Provinces and territories can apply starting April 1 for chunks of a three-year, $25 million federal fund to support programs that encourage on-farm adoption of precision ag tools or use of renewables from ag waste. Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay on Monday launched the fund, to flow through what’s dubbed the Agricultural Clean Technology (ACT) […] Read more

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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Trade war risk slams CME hogs

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 22, 2018

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs hit a four-month low on Thursday as U.S. stocks plummeted amid fears of a potential trade war between the U.S. and China, said traders. On Thursday U.S. President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum that could impose tariffs on up to $60 billion of imports from […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Grain supply starting to dry up

By GFM Network News March 22, 2018

CNS Canada –– As the winter ends, supply is getting tight for feed grains in Lethbridge’s feedlot alley. “We’re seeing a little bit of a pullback on prices on most commodities in anticipation for making sure everything gets out before road bans,” said Brandon Motz, sales manager at CorNine Commodities at Lacombe, Alta. The feed […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cash prices extend CME live cattle losses

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 21, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle fell on Wednesday for a fifth straight session, weighed down by a burdensome supply outlook and cash prices that fell short of expectations, traders said. A few investors adjusted positions in advance of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) monthly Cattle on Feed report on Friday. […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle extend slide

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 20, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell on Tuesday, extending their slide to four straight sessions on declining cash prices and expectations of rising cattle supplies in the next few months. Cash cattle traded lightly in Texas and Kansas, down $1 from last week’s trade, brokers said (all figures US$). “We […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end lower

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle touch six-month low on big supply

Ontario power utilities offer farm water pump rebate

Alberta names new deputy ag minister

U.S. pork to feel further chill from China tariff threat

U.S. livestock: CME hogs slump again on cash prices, trade war threat

‘Clean’ tech adoption up for federal funding

U.S. livestock: Trade war risk slams CME hogs

Feed weekly outlook: Grain supply starting to dry up

U.S. livestock: Cash prices extend CME live cattle losses

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle extend slide

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