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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

McDonald’s investor wants it to cut antibiotics in all meats

By GFM Network News September 18, 2015

Los Angeles | Reuters –– A McDonald’s Corp. shareholder group is renewing its call for the fast-food chain to stop buying any meat from animals raised with antibiotics vital to fighting human infections. The move from the Congregation of Benedictine Sisters of Boerne, Texas, comes amid growing concern from public health experts that the overuse […] Read more

Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Money to be made in creep feeding calves

At least pencil it out for your farm — you could be leaving $85 per head on the table

By Peter Vitti September 15, 2015

As a beef nutritionist, I have advocated creep feeding spring calves for years. That’s because as feeder cattle prices have steadily risen, there was a real profit due to creep feeding as well as some decent side-benefits. I haven’t changed my position for 2015 and advise each cow-calf operator to calculate their own situation and […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner, Markets

Cattle market is a tough one to call

Risk of increased 2016 production could throw a wrench into prices

By Jerry Klassen September 9, 2015

This past spring, we saw the stars align with all major factors favouring higher beef and cattle prices. Moving into fall of 2015, the cattle market continues the transition phase with growing meat supplies along with softer consumer demand. Alberta packers were buying fed cattle at $182 in mid-August, which was down from the spring […] Read more

Cattleman’s Corner, Markets

Cattle prices going sideways, or may trend down

As U.S. and Canadian producers increase production, beef demand appears to be levelling off

By Jerry Klassen July 27, 2015

Fed and feeder cattle prices appear to be in transition. All the major factors that drove the cattle and beef complex to historical highs over the past quarter are slowly turning so that it will be difficult for the market to experience further significant upside. The U.S. economic expansion, which drove beef demand to unprecedented […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Reuters

Brazil looking to open Canadian, Saudi Arabian fresh beef markets

By GFM Network News July 27, 2015

Brasilia/Reuters – Brazil is working on a deal to open the Canadian market for fresh beef in the second half of 2015 and is in the final phase of opening the Saudi Arabian market, the agriculture ministry’s secretary of international relations said on Monday. Brazil also expects a final deal to export beef to Japan […] Read more

Beef Cattle

Ukraine opens to more Canadian beef imports

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News July 22, 2015

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and International Trade Minister Ed Fast have announced the Ukrainian market has opened for beef from cattle under 30 months of age and ready-to-eat meat. In 2014 Ukraine lifted a ban on imports of other Canadian beef products imposed after Canada reported a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in 2003. A […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Fruit/Vegetables, Grapes, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Canada preparing shorter list of tariff targets in COOL fight

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News June 2, 2015

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canada is whittling down its list of U.S. products that it may hit with steep tariffs in retaliation against contentious meat-labeling laws, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said on Tuesday. The Canadian government is likely to target beef, pork, California wines, mattresses, cherries and office furniture, possibly along with other goods, from […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Peru, Taiwan, Belarus ban Canadian beef over BSE case

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 23, 2015

Reuters — Three more countries have blocked imports of Canadian beef or beef products, following Canada’s discovery of BSE earlier this month, its first in four years. Taiwan, Peru and Belarus have imposed trade restrictions on beef and/or beef products, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said on Monday in an update on its website. The […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Ireland says China agrees to lift ban on Irish beef

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 20, 2015

Dublin | Reuters –– China has agreed to lift its ban on Irish beef, Ireland’s Prime Minister Enda Kenny said Friday, making it the only European country to be allowed to export beef to both the U.S. and China. Ireland last month became the first European Union country to regain access to the lucrative U.S. […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

West Coast port impasse beefs up U.S. meat stockpile

By GFM Network News February 19, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. meat exporters caught in the middle of the West Coast port labour standoff diverted millions of pounds of chilled pork and beef into cold storage facilities over the last few weeks, creating an oversupply of meat, analysts said. Redirected protein shipments come as frozen inventories are starting to build ahead […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soybean futures edge up as Argentina ends export tax waiver

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract high, herd falls short of estimates

Eastern wheat to be included in Cereals Canada’s harvest assessment

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