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Beef on display in a market in Japan. (File photo)

Japan considers scrapping age limit on U.S. beef imports

By Reuters, GFM Network News November 15, 2018

Tokyo | Reuters — Japan is considering scrapping import restrictions on U.S. beef purchases that were put in place after the first case of BSE in the U.S. in 2003, local media reported on Thursday. Both the Nikkei business daily and Mainichi newspaper said officials are discussing removing the curbs that currently only allow beef […] Read more

CME December 2018 live cattle, with 20-day moving average. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle slip on weak cash outlook, lower beef

By GFM Network News November 14, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures eased on Wednesday as a weak tone to the cash cattle market and lower beef prices anchored futures, traders said. Lower equities markets also cast a shadow over cattle futures as the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell for a fourth consecutive day, raising concerns about […] Read more

Cattleman’s Corner, Finishers, Markets

Time to buy cattle price insurance

Market Update: Cow-calf producers should sell their feeders with the lofty futures and historically strong basis

By Jerry Klassen November 14, 2018

Alberta packers were buying fed cattle in the range of $151 to $153 on a live basis in mid-October, up approximately $10 from a month earlier. While Alberta prices have been percolating higher, fed cattle values in Kansas have hovered around US$111 on a live basis over the past four weeks. Market-ready supplies of fed […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

JBS posts narrower-than-expected quarterly loss

By GFM Network News November 13, 2018

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil-based food company JBS SA on Tuesday posted a narrower than expected quarterly loss on the back of a strong performance by its Seara processed foods and Brazil beef divisions, and resilience in certain of its U.S. operations. Seara booked net sales of 4.9 billion reais (C$1.72 billion) last quarter, […] Read more

CME January 2019 feeder cattle with 20-day moving average. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle rally from five-month low in technical bounce

By GFM Network News November 13, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures rallied from five-month lows on Tuesday in a short-covering and technical-buying bounce, traders said. Live cattle futures followed feeders higher, although gains were clipped by limited packer demand for U.S. Plains feedlot cattle ahead of next week’s shortened Thanksgiving holiday week slaughter. Actively traded January […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Weather weighs on feeder cattle

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News November 13, 2018

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $3 to as much as $6 lower. Eastern Prairie regions experienced demand from Ontario and Quebec, which limited the downside; however, Alberta markets faltered as buyers, having factored in a higher deathloss due to adverse weather. Light wet snow along with warmer temperatures during the […] Read more

CME February 2019 lean hogs with 20-day moving average. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs rally on demand outlook, swine fever concern

By GFM Network News November 12, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rallied more than one per cent on Monday on improving seasonal demand for pork and on concerns about the spread of African swine fever in China, traders said. Live cattle futures, meanwhile, were mostly lower on seasonally easing demand and as traders unwound intermarket spreads […] Read more

Cattle at a feedlot near North Platte, Nebraska. (AndrewLinscott/iStock/Getty Images)

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures drop most since June on weaker cash market

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News November 9, 2018

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell more than 1 percent on Friday, sagging under pressure from lower wholesale beef prices and slightly weaker trades in cash cattle markets in the southern Plains, traders said. Front-month December live cattle settled 1.975 cents lower at 114.575 cents per pound. The contract finished […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

These aren’t your daddy’s cow herds

No more kick ’em out and forget ’em for progressive producers

By Bruce Derksen November 8, 2018

Long before the time when the grass comes in thick and green and the summer winds start to blow, progressive cattlemen begin to prepare their cow-calf herds for the grazing and breeding seasons ahead. The days of rounding up the herd just before you send them to pasture, slapping on a few ear tags, chasing […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures gain on technical buying; hogs lower

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News November 8, 2018

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. cattle futures were narrowly higher on Thursday, buoyed by spreading and technical buying despite a downturn in wholesale beef prices, traders and analysts said. Live cattle futures climbed for the third straight session on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange as the market continued to claw back from steep losses on Monday. […] Read more

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Livestock

Japan considers scrapping age limit on U.S. beef imports

U.S. livestock: Live cattle slip on weak cash outlook, lower beef

Time to buy cattle price insurance

JBS posts narrower-than-expected quarterly loss

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle rally from five-month low in technical bounce

Klassen: Weather weighs on feeder cattle

U.S. livestock: Hogs rally on demand outlook, swine fever concern

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures drop most since June on weaker cash market

These aren’t your daddy’s cow herds

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures gain on technical buying; hogs lower

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