Livestock
Paris | Reuters — French company Ynsect said on Tuesday it had signed deals to build insect ingredient production sites in the United States and in Mexico as the firm kicks off what it says will be the world’s largest insect farm. Ynsect breeds mealworms that produce proteins for aquaculture, livestock, pet food, fertilizers and […] Read more
French insect-based ingredients maker Ynsect to expand in North America
U.S. plant would use Ardent Mills' flour milling byproducts
U.S. livestock: Hog futures rise on short-covering
CME cattle futures also up
Chicago | Reuters — CME Group hog futures rose on Tuesday, snapping a streak of five straight losing sessions on some mild short-covering, traders said. Gains were kept in check by concerns that demand for pork during China’s Lunar New Year celebrations will be lighter than usual due to rising COVID-19 cases in the country. […] Read more
Alberta cattleman right at home at UN climate change conference
Many anti-meat critics have no idea how cattle are raised, but Bob Lowe is always willing to explain
Reading Time: 4 minutes Bob Lowe, a cattle feeder from Nanton, isn’t afraid to enter a conference hall full of vegans — and there was a sizeable contingent of people opposed to meat production at this year’s global climate conference. As part of his trip to COP27 in Egypt last month, the veteran cattle producer paid a visit to […] Read more
Klassen: Stronger deferred live cattle support feeder market
Cow-calf operators seen hesitant to expand
Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling markets traded $2-$3 on either side of unchanged. Calf prices were mostly unchanged compared to seven days earlier; however, there were pockets where buyers reported prices up $2-$3 on average. The Alberta calf market appeared to stage a minor recovery after softening over the past month. Manitoba markets […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME February hogs hit two-month low
China COVID-19 concerns a factor; live cattle close higher
Chicago | Reuters — CME live hog futures fell to a two-month low on Monday, notching their fifth straight day of declines on concerns that Chinese pork consumption will fall during the country’s upcoming Lunar New Year celebrations, traders said. Cattle futures were firm, with strength in the cash market underpinning prices. Weakness in Chinese […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle firm on cash resiliency
Lean hogs down on supply outlook
Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange climbed on Friday, supported by resilient cash cattle prices across the U.S. Plains this week, traders said. “We had cash come right back,” said Joe Kooima, commodity broker at Kooima Kooima Varilek Trading Inc. “Cash was a dollar better in the south.” Cash […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures firm despite softer cash cattle
Hog futures down as exports disappoint
Chicago | Reuters — Feeder cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange climbed on Thursday, supported by sluggish corn futures, while live cattle gains were muted as meatpackers offered lower cash cattle prices this week, traders said. “They’ve backed off a bit in the cash market,” said Doug Houghton, technical analyst at Brock Capital Management. […] Read more
International joint venture buys Prairie layer hatchery
ILD, Trouw Nutrition to co-own Clark's Poultry
A Manitoba company providing day-old layer chicks to poultry producers in the three Prairie provinces is under new joint ownership. International Layer Distribution (ILD), a subsidiary of German egg layer breeding firm EW Group, and Trouw Nutrition Canada, a livestock feed arm of Nutreco, on Monday announced their joint venture has acquired Clark’s Poultry for […] Read more
The lonely horse suffers greatly in many different ways
Horses are social creatures and social isolation is among their strongest stressors
Reading Time: 2 minutes Horses have major advantages associated with domestic life but they have also incurred disadvantages that deeply affect their overall health and well-being. Perhaps the greatest of these disadvantages is frequent social isolation. Social support in humans has been found to protect individuals from the mental, physical and emotional stressors of life and it appears that […] Read more
Avian flu outbreak worst ever
Reading Time: < 1 minute Avian flu has wiped out more than 50 million chickens, turkeys and other poultry in the U.S. this year, making it the worst animal-health disaster to date and topping losses in the 2015 avian flu outbreak. It might have been worse had not producers increased biosecurity after the outbreak seven years ago. In 2015, about […] Read more