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A deep storm surge that flowed during Hurricane Dorian from the Pamlico Sound back to the Atlantic Ocean swept this cow off her home range on North Carolina’s Cedar Island over to the barrier island in Cape Lookout National Seashore, where she was found in early September. (U.S. National Park Service photo by Jeff West)

Dorian swept swimming cows two miles to North Carolina beach

By GFM Network News November 14, 2019

Cape Lookout National Seashore, N.C. | Reuters — Three cows have been spotted beachcombing on a remote barrier island on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, swept to an unlikely grazing spot when Hurricane Dorian whipped waves powerful enough to carry them two miles from their home. One of the bovine bodysurfers was seen soon after the […] Read more

CME December 2019 lean hogs with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs drop on large supply, trade war jitters

By GFM Network News November 13, 2019

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. livestock futures dropped on Wednesday, with lean hogs stumbling under pressure from large supplies in a turnaround from a rally a session earlier. Fresh uncertainty over U.S.-China trade relations added pressure to the hog market, analysts said. Traders and meat producers are hoping for further U.S. pork sales to China, […] Read more

Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock, Markets

Second-quarter beef production to affect market

Market Update with Jerry Klassen: Tighter U.S. supplies will continue until April, then the tide will turn

By Jerry Klassen November 7, 2019

Alberta fed cattle prices were trading in the range of $136 to $139 during the war half of September, while in mid- to late October Alberta packers were buying fed cattle in the range of $143 to $145. Although fed cattle prices have ratcheted higher, yearling and calf markets are relatively unchanged. In central Alberta, […] Read more

Checking bulls after breeding season can help determine if they just need rest or perhaps should be culled.

Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Putting bulls through a post-season checklist

Find the ones you want to keep, and help them to recover

By Roy Lewis October 30, 2019

Planning and good observations are necessary when pulling bulls. They may give us a clue as to how the breeding season went. Because bulls are stressed during breeding season and have lost lots of weight, they are in a way a sentinel animal for disease and both external and internal parasites. Bulls are now going […] Read more

CME February 2020 live cattle, with five-, 20- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle jump as beef stocks tighten, funds buy

By GFM Network News October 23, 2019

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. live cattle futures scaled to their highest point in 5-1/2 months on Wednesday as tighter-than-expected beef stocks and rising cash beef prices triggered active fund buying that took prices through key technical resistance levels. Actively traded contracts posted their strongest gains in nearly a month, breaking out of a narrow […] Read more

CME December 2019 lean hogs with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs drop on burdensome supply, export jitters

By GFM Network News October 22, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures slumped on Tuesday, pressured by abundant near-term hog supplies and concerns that U.S. pork export demand would not be large enough to absorb the expected surplus of meat produced. Hopes for a jump in Chinese demand for U.S. pork have supported hog futures at times in recent […] Read more

Some odds and ends and a few new pieces came together to build this pasture watering system.

Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

A pasture-watering system that won’t break the bank

The practice of never throwing anything away helps with small projects

By Debbie Chikousky October 21, 2019

In our area of the Interlake in Manitoba, the summer of 2018 was dry but many livestock producers had a surplus of feed left over from 2017. This year was worse. Sloughs were drying for the first time in recent memory. In the Shoal Lake area producers had to repair fence lines across sloughs for […] Read more

CME February 2020 lean hogs, with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs end mostly higher

By GFM Network News October 21, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures closed mostly higher on Monday as hopes for rising demand for U.S. pork exports, particularly from China, more than offset near-term pressure from plentiful hog supplies. Investor caution kept hog futures in a narrow trading range following a roller-coaster session on Friday in which the market surged […] Read more

CME December 2019 lean hogs with Bollinger (20,2) bands, a gauge of market volatility. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs sag as traders parse USDA pork sales data

By GFM Network News October 18, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures closed lower on Friday after a roller-coaster session in which prices jumped on news of massive weekly pork export sales, only to turn down after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said its figures could include pork sold in previous weeks. Toward the close, lean hog futures […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs slide on technical selling, China worries

By GFM Network News October 17, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures closed lower on Thursday for a second straight session on bearish chart signals and uncertainty about export demand from China, traders said. China is facing a huge pork shortage due to an outbreak of a fatal pig disease, African swine fever. But so far the country’s purchases […] Read more

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Dorian swept swimming cows two miles to North Carolina beach

U.S. livestock: Hogs drop on large supply, trade war jitters

Second-quarter beef production to affect market

Putting bulls through a post-season checklist

U.S. livestock: Live cattle jump as beef stocks tighten, funds buy

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs drop on burdensome supply, export jitters

A pasture-watering system that won’t break the bank

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs end mostly higher

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs sag as traders parse USDA pork sales data

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs slide on technical selling, China worries

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