Though it was surprising, the live cattle complex was able to sustain its higher tone through Monday’s end. August live cattle closed steady at $182.80, October live cattle closed $0.72 higher at $179.02 and December live cattle closed $0.25 higher at $178.37. Following last week’s lower trend, the market...
It’s the sixth outbreak in total France has reported a sixth outbreak of bluetongue disease that affects livestock in eight days, this time in eastern France, Reuters reported, citing the Marne prefecture on Thursday. The virus, which is spread by insects and can be deadly for sheep, cattle and goats, has...
Exports reached 5.97 million metric tonnes as of August 19 Ukraine’s grain exports in the 2024/25 July-June season had reached 5.79 million metric tons as of Aug. 19, up from 3.61 million tons by the same date of the previous season, Reuters reported, citing agriculture ministry data on Monday. The volume...
CN, CPKC plan to lockout workers from Thursday midnight Canada’s freight rail network could come to a grinding halt this week, inflicting a huge economic toll after the country’s two largest railroad operators on Sunday issued lockout notices to the Teamsters union that represents nearly 10,000 workers, reported Reuters. Failing...
Continual exposure to high temperature and humidity can cause heat related illnesses Farmers often take for granted the adverse health effects that stress from physical work in hot weather can produce. Continual exposure to high temperature and humidity can cause several specific heat related illnesses. Heat Exhaustion results from prolonged exposure to...
JBS reports a net profit of 1.72 billion reais for the quarter Brazil’s JBS SA, the world’s largest meatpacker, said on Tuesday that divisions that process chicken and pigs lifted its results, including poultry unit Pilgrim’s Pride, JBS USA Pork in the US, and Seara in Brazil, reported Reuters. Performance...
Marfrig posted a 75.4 million real ($13.78 million) net profit Brazilian beef producer Marfrig on Wednesday reported an unexpected net profit in the second quarter, citing strong operational improvements as sales revenues jumped, reported Reuters. Marfrig is one of the world’s largest beef producers. The company reported a 75.4 million...
The downturn in China continues to impact New Zealand’s red meat exports. The latest report from the Meat Industry Association (MIA) shows that for the 12 months to June, overall exports were down by 7% to $9.9 billion. China remained the largest market for the year, but exports were...
Monthly revenue increases 3.6%Brazilian exports of chicken meat totalled 463.6 thousand tons in July, according to surveys by the Brazilian Animal Protein Association (ABPA). Exports were 7.3% higher than those of the same period last year, which reached 432.1 thousand tons. Revenue generated by exports in July reached US$889.2 million, a balance...
Brazil is the world’s largest exporter of beef, representing almost 30% of the world’s total beef exports in 2022, according to the Beef Report of the Brazilian Beef Exporters Association (ABIEC). However, livestock production is related to deforestation and represents a major source of methane emissions, creating impacts on climate change....