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Strong demand keeps Prairie feed barley well supported

By GFM Network News June 15, 2017

CNS Canada — Feed barley bids remain well supported in Western Canada, as solid demand and reluctant farmer selling keep the market underpinned heading into the summer months. “There is pretty decent demand. I’d say higher than average for this time of year,” said Brandon Motz, sales manager with CorNine Commodities in Lacombe, Alta. Strong […] Read more

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Hourly employees in agriculture among lowest paid

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News June 15, 2017

CNS Canada –– Hourly-wage employees in agriculture and related production were among the lowest earners nationally, according to data from Statistics Canada. The agency on Thursday released data on wages paid to payroll employees in 2016. It reported the average hourly wage paid to full-time employees, excluding overtime pay, tips, incentives and performance pay arrangements, […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle tumble limit down

By GFM Network News June 14, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle nearby contracts on Wednesday finished down their three cents/lb. daily price limit, hit by fund liquidation and lower preliminary cash prices, said traders. June and August closed limit down at 124.5 cents and 117.875 cents, respectively. Both contracts ended below their respective 40-day moving averages of […] Read more

(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs rebound as wholesale pork hits two-year high

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News June 13, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures jumped as much as two per cent on Tuesday, rebounding from losses in the previous session on support from sharply higher wholesale pork prices, traders and analysts said. Prices for U.S. pork extended gains to the highest levels in more than two years, according to […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures ease on fund selling

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News June 12, 2017

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. cattle and hog futures fell one per cent or more on Monday, pressured by chart-based and investment fund selling, traders and analysts said. Lower-than-expected prices in cash cattle markets late last week further weighed on futures, even as rising U.S. wholesale beef prices suggested meat demand remained strong. Chicago Mercantile […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end weaker

By GFM Network News June 9, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts were weakened Friday by profit-taking and investor caution as they await the bulk of this week’s cash cattle sales, said traders. Futures discounts to initial cash prices limited market losses, they said. June closed down 0.125 cent/lb. to 131.25 cents, and August down 0.175 cent […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle close mixed

By GFM Network News June 8, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled mixed on Thursday after an up-and-down session, supported by futures’ discounts to preliminary cash prices but pressured by profit-taking, traders said. June closed up 0.175 cent/lb. at 131.375 cents, and August down 0.15 cent at 124.025 cents (all figures US$). On Thursday, a small […] Read more

Sea surface temperature anomalies over the Pacific for the week centred on May 31. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)

Crops, Reuters, Weather

U.S. forecaster sees El Nino unlikely through fall

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 8, 2017

Reuters — A U.S. government weather forecaster on Thursday said there are no active El Nino or La Nina patterns and that neutral conditions are likely in the Northern Hemisphere during fall 2017. However, chances for El Nino remain elevated, between 35 and 50 per cent, relative to the long-term average into the fall, the […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures firm

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News June 7, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures rose on Wednesday in a rebound from losses in the previous session while some lean hog contracts weakened following recent gains in technically driven consolidation trade, traders and analysts said. Rising wholesale beef prices buoyed cattle futures as retailers bought to stock meat coolers ahead of the […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock

New Manitoba PED case pushes envelope

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News June 7, 2017

Southeastern Manitoba’s latest on-farm cases of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) include one outside the buffer zones in which earlier cases have been found. According to Manitoba Pork, the province’s chief veterinary officer (CVO) on Wednesday confirmed positive tests for PED on a hog nursery operation outside an existing five-kilometre buffer zone. That case — along […] Read more

GFM 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

Pigs

Strong demand keeps Prairie feed barley well supported

Hourly employees in agriculture among lowest paid

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle tumble limit down

U.S. livestock: Hogs rebound as wholesale pork hits two-year high

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures ease on fund selling

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end weaker

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle close mixed

U.S. forecaster sees El Nino unlikely through fall

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures firm

New Manitoba PED case pushes envelope

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