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Pork exports key in 2018 as U.S. slaughter ramps up

By GFM Network News January 30, 2018

CNS Canada –– Canadian pork producers should see higher returns for their product in the spring of 2018, but whether those prices last may determine how successful Canada is at tapping new markets. According to U.S. Department of Agriculture supply estimates, weekly U.S. hog slaughter numbers over the past two months have averaged 2.369 million […] Read more

Horses that escaped from an enclosure onto a road near an RCMP checkpoint in an evacuated zone at Williams Lake are calmed and walked to safety on July 17. (WilliamsLake.bc.rcmp-grc.gc.ca)

Livestock, Weather

AgriRecovery in place for farms in B.C. wildfire zones

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News September 6, 2017

Farmers and ranchers whose operations were hit or evacuated during British Columbia’s particularly destructive wildfire season can expect up to $20 million in AgriRecovery funds toward repair, rebuilding and livestock feeding costs. The federal and B.C. governments on Tuesday laid out more details for the 60-40 cost-shared program, which was announced in principle in mid-August. […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

JBS sees margins up in 2017 as feed, cattle costs fall

By GFM Network News March 14, 2017

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazilian meatpacking giant JBS SA expects profit margins to improve over the course of this year, CEO Wesley Batista said on Tuesday, as lower cattle and feed costs and healthier markets ease the pressures that hurt 2016 results. JBS shares rose two per cent in Sao Paulo despite lower-than-expected earnings […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

Ranchers under quarantine fear going ‘broke by spring’

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News November 22, 2016

Winnipeg | Reuters –– Ranchers in southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan whose herds are under quarantine due to the spread of bovine tuberculosis told federal legislators Tuesday they desperately need to sell cattle or receive compensation to avoid financial disaster. Ranchers who raise calves typically sell them in autumn to feedlots, where they are fattened […] Read more

(Regis Lefebure photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Pork prices gain on seasonal demand, tighter numbers

By GFM Network News April 25, 2016

CNS Canada — Western Canadian cash hog prices have been trending higher as supplies tighten and demand increases moving into the summer, two Prairie analysts say. “A lot of that has to do with lower slaughter numbers, higher pork cutout values,” said Brad Marceniuk, a livestock economist with the Saskatchewan government in Saskatoon. Hog numbers […] Read more

Manitoba harvest 72 per cent done: report

Mexico sees 32 per cent jump in flesh-eating screwworm cases since August as cases move north

New Pulse Variety Hub launched in Saskatchewan

GFM Network News

Manitoba harvest 72 per cent done: report

Mexico sees 32 per cent jump in flesh-eating screwworm cases since August as cases move north

New Pulse Variety Hub launched in Saskatchewan

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Pork exports key in 2018 as U.S. slaughter ramps up

AgriRecovery in place for farms in B.C. wildfire zones

JBS sees margins up in 2017 as feed, cattle costs fall

Ranchers under quarantine fear going ‘broke by spring’

Pork prices gain on seasonal demand, tighter numbers

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