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Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

Canadian dairies get significant control over imports under TPP

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Toronto | Reuters — Canada will give local dairy processors significant control over imports under a new trade deal with Pacific countries that opens the sheltered industry to further competition, according to a notice published by the federal government, which drew criticism from Canadian retailers. New quotas created by the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for […] Read more
Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, shown here Nov. 1 at a press conference in the occupied West Bank, says Canada’s objective remains getting to a Friday signing for the USMCA. (Photo: Reuters/Mohamad Torokman)
Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Dairy issue nags as U.S., Canada prepare to sign trade pact

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New York/Ottawa | Reuters — Dairy remains a sticking point between the United States and Canada as the countries prepare to sign a new North American trade pact this week, according to four sources familiar with the matter. U.S. objections to Canada’s protected internal market for dairy products was a major challenge facing negotiators during […] Read more
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Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder cattle market stabilizes

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Western Canadian feeder cattle markets were unchanged from week-ago levels. Favourable weather conditions enhanced buying interest from cattle feeders in Feedlot Alley; however, cattle-on-feed inventories in Alberta and Saskatchewan are running 16 per cent above year-ago levels. Pen space remains at a premium due to limited capacity. County permit fees and added regulations have also […] Read more
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Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Maple Leaf to consolidate Ontario poultry processing

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A new $660 million plant at London, Ont. will house Maple Leaf Foods’ Ontario fresh poultry processing operations by mid-2021 as the food processing firm prepares to shut three older facilities. Toronto-based Maple Leaf announced Monday it will build a 640,000-square foot plant at London, billed as “one of the most technologically advanced poultry-processing plants […] Read more
CME February 2019 live cattle with 20-day moving average. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs gain in thin trading on demand optimism

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. livestock futures were higher on Friday, with lean hogs rising sharply and cattle notching relatively smaller gains as each market was buoyed by hopes of better meat demand, traders said. Hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange continued to rise on expectations that the spreading African swine fever virus in […] Read more
Brooks and Jen White OYF Manitoba regional finalists – it all starts with looking after the soil.
Crops, Livestock, News

Canada’s OYF: Manitoba nominees

Manitoba’s Brooks and Jen White focus on regenerating farm and business

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Brooks and Jen White, Manitoba’s 2018 Outstanding Young Farmers, have set some specific goals for their grain and bison farm near Lyleton in southwest Manitoba, which all revolve around their vision statement of “regenerative” agriculture. Since taking over the fifth-generation farm in 2012, Brooks and his wife Jen have grown the farm’s bison herd to […] Read more
Philipe Laurendeau and Kristinia Roarke, Quebec’s OYF regional finalists, are expanding a well-run dairy operation.
Dairy Cattle, News

Canada’s OYF: Quebec nominees

Philippe Laurendeau and Kristina Roarke have worked hard to build a dairy farm

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They are not the biggest dairy operation in the country, but Philippe Laurendeau and Kristina Roarke from Ferme L’Authentic near Warwick, Quebec have accomplished much in eight short years, going from city life to milking a high producing 75-head dairy herd. Their hard work and success over less than a decade, earned them recognition earlier […] Read more
CME January 2019 feeder cattle, with 20-day moving average. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rally after bullish USDA data

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures were higher on Wednesday, extending earlier small gains after government supply reports showed fewer-than-expected U.S. cattle supplies, traders said. U.S. Department of Agriculture monthly Cattle on Feed data showed 11.692 million cattle in U.S. feedlots as of Nov. 1. That figure was three per cent higher […] Read more

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