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Pork sector calls for essential service status amid B.C. port strike

Council says pork should receive same consideration as grains

By Jonah Grignon, GFM Network News July 11, 2023

Leaders in Canada’s pork sector are calling on the federal government to give perishable agriculture products the same consideration and protection as grain. The call comes as a longshore workers’ strike at British Columbia’s West Coast ports nears its second week, blocking the shipment of Canadian meat and most other exports. Canadian Pork Council (CPC) […] Read more

CME October 2023 live cattle with 20- and 100-day moving averages and August 2023 live cattle (dark red line). (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle end higher on firm cash values

Hogs settle lower off recent highs

By GFM Network News July 11, 2023

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ended modestly higher on Monday on follow-though buying from Friday and carry-over strength from last week’s strong cash cattle market. Cash cattle traded late last week as high as $184-$185 per hundredweight (cwt) in northern feedlot areas, traders said, up from sales of around $178-$182 […] Read more

CME August 2023 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle climb on firmer cash market

Hogs down on technical selling

By GFM Network News July 7, 2023

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rallied on Friday on tight fed cattle supplies and higher cash market sales in the central U.S. Plains and western Midwest, traders said. Beef packers were in need of cattle to fill near-term operations, including a large Saturday slaughter and a full week of production […] Read more

CME October 2023 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle ease on weak cash market

Lean hog futures mostly higher

By GFM Network News July 6, 2023

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures declined on Thursday as a weak tone to the cash market and worries about slowing beef demand weighed on prices, traders said. Livestock traders were monitoring cash market activity at Plains feedlots, where fed cattle were lightly bid at $178/cwt, below the bulk of cash […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures turn lower

Current-year hog futures higher

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News July 6, 2023

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and feeder cattle futures took a turn lower in resumed trading Wednesday while near-month hogs turned higher. Most-active August live cattle came back off the U.S. Independence Day break down for a second day off Friday’s three-week high, closing Wednesday at 174.95 cents/lb., down 1.875 cents from Monday (all figures […] Read more

Grey skies over the Alberta landscape, July 2023. (Geralyn Wichers photo)

General, Weather

Prairie Forecast: Big change in weather pattern

Issued July 5, covering July 5-12

By Daniel Bezte, GFM Network News July 5, 2023

Most people have been saying that June felt like July and the weather statistics agreed. Well, if the weather models are correct, it’s looking like July will feel more like June — at least for the next forecast period. Here is the big picture before we dive into the details for each of the three […] Read more

Forecast probability of temperatures above, below and/or near normal for the period from July through September 2023, based on three equiprobable categories from 1991-2020 climatology. (Weather.gc.ca)

Crops, Weather

Dry, hot Canadian summer expected

Normal precip expected for Ontario, Quebec

By GFM Network News July 4, 2023

MarketsFarm — Warmer-than-normal temperatures are expected across all of Canada for the next three months, with average precipitation in most of the agricultural areas of the Prairies. That’s according to the latest long-range seasonal forecast from Environment Canada, released Friday. The government department calls for a 50-70 per cent chance of above-normal temperatures from July […] Read more

CME August 2023 feeder cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle firm on choppy corn trade

Live cattle, lean hogs mixed

By GFM Network News July 3, 2023

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures eased and feeder cattle futures ticked up on Monday, as corn prices faced a choppy trading day at the start of this holiday-shortened week, traders said. Meanwhile, the hog market ended the day mixed, with nearby contracts continuing to be bullish on growing buyer interest, […] Read more

CME October 2023 live cattle with 20-day moving average and August 2023 live cattle (dark red line). (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle up as corn prices slide

Chicago lean hog futures end mixed

By Julie Ingwersen, GFM Network News July 1, 2023

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures set a three-week high on Friday, lifted by a surge in feeder cattle futures as corn prices tumbled, traders said. Tightening U.S. cattle supplies and a resilient beef market lent support, along with a strong close for the month and quarter on Wall Street that […] Read more

CME August 2023 lean hogs with 100-day moving average and October 2023 lean hogs (brown line). (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME nearby hog futures up ahead of herd data

Cattle up on bullish fundamentals

By Julie Ingwersen, GFM Network News June 30, 2023

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange nearby lean hog futures ended higher on Thursday, as wholesale pork prices rose, cash hog prices firmed and traders awaited quarterly hog data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Benchmark August hogs settled up 1.225 cents at 92.325 cents/lb. after reaching 93 cents, right at the contract’s […] Read more

Media reports suggest U.S. dairy access to Canada a topic of conversation in Ottawa

U.S. livestock: Cattle choppy amid weak cash market, tight supply

China’s canola, soybeans imports to drop one million tonnes each

GFM Network News

Media reports suggest U.S. dairy access to Canada a topic of conversation in Ottawa

U.S. livestock: Cattle choppy amid weak cash market, tight supply

China’s canola, soybeans imports to drop one million tonnes each

Pigs

Pork sector calls for essential service status amid B.C. port strike

U.S. livestock: CME cattle end higher on firm cash values

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle climb on firmer cash market

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle ease on weak cash market

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures turn lower

Prairie Forecast: Big change in weather pattern

Dry, hot Canadian summer expected

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle firm on choppy corn trade

U.S. livestock: CME cattle up as corn prices slide

U.S. livestock: CME nearby hog futures up ahead of herd data

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