Livestock
Yet another counterfeit version of an Ontario pharma firm’s equine anemia treatment has reportedly been found in circulation for sale online. Belleville, Ont.-based Bioniche Life Sciences said unknown parties have produced counterfeits of the company’s intravenous (IV) iron-sucrose product, Hippiron 1000. The genuine product is used to treat iron deficiency in horses. The fake Hippiron […] Read more
Bogus horse anemia treatment resurfaces
U.S. lean hogs jump to one-month peak on firm cash
U.S. lean hog futures jumped to a one-month high on Friday on positioning ahead of a government cold storage report and as firming cash markets and tightening hog supplies extended the strongest two-week rally since June. Live cattle futures traded mixed as investors squared positions and moved to the sidelines ahead of the U.S. Agriculture […] Read more
Cash, exports drop U.S. live cattle Thursday
U.S. live cattle futures fell on Thursday following steady to lower prices for cattle in the cash market and disappointing export data, said analysts and traders. Investors also cited caution before the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly cattle-on-feed report on Friday. Also on Friday, USDA will release its monthly cold storage data that will include […] Read more
Quebec assembly’s ‘dean’ named agriculture minister
Quebec’s new minority Parti Quebecois government has turned to one of the party’s veteran MNAs and cabinet ministers as its new minister of agriculture, fisheries and food. Francois Gendron, the MNA for Abitibi-Ouest, was also named Wednesday as the province’s deputy premier and as minister responsible for the Abitibi-Temiscamingue region. As both ag minister and […] Read more
Strong cash lifts U.S. hogs
U.S. hog futures extended gains for a second straight day on Wednesday, bolstered by higher prices for hogs in the cash market, said analysts and traders. They said futures buyers also viewed the decline in hog weights as an indication that the seasonal decline in hog prices may have ended. Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) spot […] Read more
Olymel won’t rebuild burned Que. bacon plant
Citing a "weak bacon market," meat packing firm Olymel has decided not to rebuild a bacon production plant that was destroyed in a fire in May in the Centre-du-Quebec region. Olymel’s bacon facility at Princeville, about 80 km southeast of Trois-Rivieres, was hit by fire May 6 in which the plant’s injecting, smoking and precooked […] Read more
Beef quotes rally U.S. live cattle
U.S. live cattle futures on Tuesday recovered some of the ground lost on Monday to risk-off trading, drawing support from steadily rising wholesale beef prices, said analysts and traders. December Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle also returned above the key 200- and 20-day moving average support levels of 128.63 and 128.82 cents, triggering fund […] Read more
Man. grain growers hurt in Puratone fallout
One of Manitoba’s largest hog producers, Puratone Corp., may have filed for creditor protection last week, but isn’t the only one feeling the pain. At least a dozen grain producers in Manitoba who delivered grain to Puratone Corp. prior to Sept. 12 that have yet to be paid, said Doug Chorney, president of Keystone Agricultural […] Read more
Cattle industry holding up despite high feed costs
High feed costs have caused severe problems in the Canadian hog industry this year, but the cattle industry doesn’t seem to be following in its footsteps. Two large hog production facilities in Canada had to file for financial help in mid-September because operation costs were becoming too expensive. High feed costs paired with falling hog […] Read more
Manitoba’s KAP calls for nine-figure hog farm aid
Money-losing hog farmers in Manitoba, hurt by high feed costs, need between $130 million and $150 million in government loan guarantees to survive, the Prairie province’s biggest farm group said Monday. Severe drought in the United States has decimated crops, which has led to higher costs for feed grains and pushed North American hog farmers […] Read more
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