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A view near the Canadian end of the Ambassador Bridge, which connects Windsor and Detroit and is considered one of North America’s busiest trade routes. (Steven_Kriemadis/iStock/Getty Images)

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

Canada sticks to plan to stay at NAFTA talks despite Trump attack

By GFM Network News September 27, 2018

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada on Thursday shrugged off U.S. President Donald Trump’s criticism that talks to modernize NAFTA were moving too slowly and made clear it had to keep negotiating as long as there was a chance of success. The prospects for a quick deal to update the North American Free Trade Agreement appeared […] Read more

CME December 2018 live cattle with 200-day moving average in purple. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end higher, gaining against hogs

By GFM Network News September 26, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose more than one per cent on Wednesday on optimism about firmer cash cattle trade this week and inter-market spreading against hog futures, traders said. The market shrugged off bearish cattle and beef data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Monday’s Cold Storage and […] Read more

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at a news conference during the General Assembly of the United Nations in Manhattan on Sept. 26, 2018. (Photo: Reuters/Amr Alfiky)

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Trump slams Canada over NAFTA, says rejected Trudeau meeting

By GFM Network News September 26, 2018

United Nations | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday blasted Canada over the slow pace of talks over NAFTA, saying he was so unhappy that he had rejected Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s request for a one-on-one meeting. The remarks by Trump, who repeated a threat to impose tariffs on Canadian autos, knocked […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

Brazil’s regulator rejects JBS settlement deal

By GFM Network News September 26, 2018

Sao Paulo | Reuters — The Brazilian securities regulator CVM said on Wednesday it had rejected a settlement with the world’s largest meatpacker JBS SA and major shareholders in an insider trading case because of the severity of the allegations. Wesley Batista, the former CEO of JBS, and his brother Joesley are the largest individual […] Read more

Barley, Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder cattle market holding value

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News September 25, 2018

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices were steady to as much as $4 higher while calf values traded within $5 on either side of unchanged. Current feedlot margins are hovering around break-even, but profitability will improve during October and November, given the recent strength in the deferred live cattle futures. Therefore, short-keep feeders […] Read more

CME December 2018 live cattle, with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle up on technical buying

By GFM Network News September 25, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Tuesday, with the most-active December contract rallying from a one-week low on technical buying and anticipation of strong consumer demand, traders said. The market shook off pressure from bearish data in Monday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture cold storage report, which showed total […] Read more

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer testifies at a Senate subcommittee hearing in Washington on July 26, 2018 on proposed budget estimates for the Office of the USTR. (Photo: Reuters/Mary F. Calvert)

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

Canada not making concessions needed for NAFTA deal, says U.S.

By GFM Network News September 25, 2018

New York | Reuters — Canada is not making concessions needed to reach a deal with the U.S. for a trilateral NAFTA pact and is running out of time before Washington proceeds with a Mexico-only agreement, a top U.S. official said on Tuesday. The administration of President Donald Trump has recently begun increasing the pressure […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures sag after USDA data

By GFM Network News September 24, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures declined on Monday, pressured by technical selling and bearish data in a monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture report released on Friday, traders said. USDA late on Friday reported the number of U.S. cattle on feed as of Sept. 1 at 11.125 million head, up six […] Read more

The United Nations’ General Assembly Hall in Manhattan. (BWZenith/iStock/Getty Images)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Informal NAFTA talks seen likely in next few days at U.N.

By GFM Network News September 23, 2018

Montreal | Reuters — U.S. and Canadian officials trying to reach a deal on NAFTA are “very likely” to hold informal talks on the sidelines of a major U.N. meeting in the next few days, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Sunday. With time running out ahead of a U.S.-imposed deadline of the end […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Sheep/Goats

Agropur to shut Monteregie fine cheese plant

By GFM Network News September 23, 2018

A Quebec cheese plant formerly known as a top maker of Camembert- and Brie-type cheeses is set to shut permanently in April after five years under Agropur’s ownership. Quebec-based Agropur, North America’s biggest dairy co-operative, announced Friday it will start winding down operations at its Saint-Damase cheese plant in January ahead of the April 2019 […] Read more

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Livestock

Canada sticks to plan to stay at NAFTA talks despite Trump attack

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end higher, gaining against hogs

Trump slams Canada over NAFTA, says rejected Trudeau meeting

Brazil’s regulator rejects JBS settlement deal

Klassen: Feeder cattle market holding value

U.S. livestock: CME cattle up on technical buying

Canada not making concessions needed for NAFTA deal, says U.S.

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures sag after USDA data

Informal NAFTA talks seen likely in next few days at U.N.

Agropur to shut Monteregie fine cheese plant

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