By John DePutter & Dave Milne – April 28, 2020
The News:
“Piglets aborted, chickens euthanized as pandemic slams meat sector.”
Reuters, April 27, 2020
Tagged: livestock
The News & What it Means – Cascading events: crashing oil, crashing ethanol, crashing cattle… One thing leads to another…
By John DePutter & Dave Milne – April 22, 2020
The News:
“US oil benchmark crashes below $0/barrel to mark historic plunge.”
–Market Watch, April 20, 2020
The News & What it Means – Improving genetics make for more corn – and pigs
By John DePutter & Dave Milne – January 21, 2020
The News:
“The US hog industry has achieved a third consecutive quarterly litter rate of 11 or more pigs per litter.”
USDA Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook, January 16, 2020
The News & What it Means – Declining Dollar a Help to Canadian Producers
By John DePutter & Dave Milne – March 6, 2018
The news:
The Canadian dollar dipped below 77 cents US on Monday, its lowest level since last July as fears of a trade war cast a gloomy shadow on the Canadian economy’s prospects.
– CBC, Mar. 5, 2018
The News & What it Means – Beef Expansion/Contraction Cycle Alive and Well
By John DePutter & Dave Milne – February 7, 2018
The news:
“US beef cow inventory increased 2.8 million head in four years, and an additional 200,000-400,000 head are expected to be added to the herd over the next few years.”
– CattleFax, Feb. 2, 2018