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Farmer Steve Mackenzie-Grieve pulls harvested wheat from a grain bin at the Yukon Grain Farm near Whitehorse on Feb. 19, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Crystal Schick)

Wheat in Whitehorse: How climate change helps feed Canada’s remote regions

Newfoundland and Labrador also pushing to expand arable land base

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News March 23, 2020

Winnipeg/Ottawa | Reuters — After failing to grow wheat in the Yukon territory 15 years ago, farmer Steve Mackenzie-Grieve gave it another shot in 2017. Thanks to longer summers, he has reaped three straight harvests. This spring he plans to sow canola on his family’s 450-acre farm near Whitehorse, a city not much further from […] 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

(Deyana Robova photo/iStock/Getty Images)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs sag on uncertainty over trade talks

By Reuters, GFM Network News August 23, 2018

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. hog futures sagged on Wednesday for a third straight session on a perceived lack of progress in U.S. trade negotiations with key pork consumers China and Mexico, traders said. CME Group live cattle futures followed hogs lower, with burdensome supplies adding pressure. Most-active CME October lean hog futures settled down […] Read more

(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Tariffs raise tough questions for pork industry

By GFM Network News April 6, 2018

CNS Canada — Representatives from the two largest pork-exporting states in the U.S. were in Winnipeg Thursday to take in the Manitoba Pork Council’s general meeting. The delegates, who hailed from Iowa and Minnesota, talked about the various challenges facing their industry. In 2017, over a quarter of the U.S. pork industry’s C$6.5 billion market […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle rise on beef gains, fund buying

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News January 24, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures climbed to a near two-month high on Wednesday, rising for the third straight session on firm beef prices and investment fund buying, traders and analysts said. A reduced rate of cattle slaughter following a winter storm in the U.S. Plains that disrupted the transportation of animals earlier this […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. feedlot cattle placements bigger than expected

By GFM Network News December 22, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Ranchers drove 13.9 per cent more cattle into U.S. feedlots in November than the same time a year ago, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported on Friday. The result exceeded the high end of the range of analysts’ forecasts, partly fueled by low feed prices in the wake of this fall’s […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rebound on cash, beef prices

By GFM Network News November 21, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Tuesday rallied from Monday’s losses, ignited by short-covering as investors digested initial cash prices and firmer wholesale beef values, said traders. Technical buying contributed to market advances along with unwinding of Monday’s short live cattle futures long hog spreads, they said. December live cattle […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock

Canada untangles pork label rule for EU export

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News October 27, 2017

A domestic technical obstacle has been cleared out of Canadian pork’s export path to the European Union, the Canadian Pork Council said Friday. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency last week made changes to its Manual of Procedures, which will allow pork packers to apply health mark labels after pork has been frozen, the council said. […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle limit down after bearish USDA report

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News September 25, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures tumbled about two per cent on Monday after government data on Friday showed bigger-than-expected placements of cattle on feed in August. Most-active CME December live cattle dropped by the daily price limit of three cents to finish at 114.425 cents per pound, reversing from Friday’s 1-1/2 […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle hit one-month high ahead of USDA data

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News September 23, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures jumped to the highest levels in over a month on Friday, lifted by technical buying and expectations for bullish government supply data that was due after the close of trading. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Cattle on Feed report, however, was deemed bearish by analysts, and […] Read more

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

GFM Network News

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

Tag Archives cold storage

Wheat in Whitehorse: How climate change helps feed Canada’s remote regions

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

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs sag on uncertainty over trade talks

Tariffs raise tough questions for pork industry

U.S. livestock: Cattle rise on beef gains, fund buying

U.S. feedlot cattle placements bigger than expected

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rebound on cash, beef prices

Canada untangles pork label rule for EU export

U.S. livestock: Cattle limit down after bearish USDA report

U.S. livestock: Cattle hit one-month high ahead of USDA data

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