Tag: Gateway Livestock Exchange

Cattle markets have not had a great week. “It’s been a tough week, to be very blunt with you,” says Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange. “In the cattle markets, it doesn’t matter where you are, north or south.” For this not-very-rosy Beef Market Update, Wasko starts off where we usually do, with U.S…. Read More

Thanks for tuning into this Friday edition of the RealAg Issues Panel on RealAg Radio! Host Shaun Haney is joined by Kelvin Heppner of RealAgriculture, and John Barlow, Shadow Minister of Agriculture for the Conservative Party of Canada, to discuss a number of topics, including: The rollout of AgriRecovery; Seaway strike consequences; Justin Trudeau lifting… Read More

The cattle markets took a tumble last week after the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Cattle on Feed report surprised traders with higher than expected cattle placements. September cattle placements were up six per cent compared to last year, and four per cent above the five-year average. Traders were only expecting a two per… Read More

Thanks for tuning into this Friday edition of the RealAg Issues Panel on RealAg Radio! Host Shaun Haney is joined by RealAgriculture’s Kelvin Heppner and Lyndsey Smith, as well as Andrew Campbell, farmer from Ontario to discuss a number of topics, including: Still a delay in the AgriRecovery details; Women in Farming study; Canadian Farmer… Read More

Thanks for tuning into the RealAg Issues Panel on RealAg Radio. Host Shaun Haney is joined by RealAgriculture’s Kelvin Heppner and Lyndsey Smith, as well as P.E.I. farmer Mary Robinson to discuss a number of topics, including: NA/EU agriculture leadership conference; The importance of Bill C-234; and Housing for temporary foreign workers. We will also… Read More

Cash cattle prices have remained “amazingly flat” in recent months, says Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange. “We’ve had basically two months of an Alberta fed cattle market, where we’ve been between $231-$235 per hundred weight. So we’re kind of done for trade up here for the week because of the holiday,” she says… Read More

Happy Friday! Thanks for tuning into the RealAg Issues Panel on RealAg Radio. Lyndsey Smith is in the host seat today and will be joined by RealAgriculture’s Kelvin Heppner and Shaun Haney! They are also joined by Meagan Murdoch of H&K Strategies to discuss a number of topics, including: Trudeau admitting that things aren’t great… Read More

If you’ve been watching live cattle futures, you know there is some significant strength making an appearance. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has been hitting new contract highs when it comes to live cattle futures — signalling strong demand and prices for cattle feeders in the United States. However, as Anne Wasko of the Gateway… Read More

On this weekend’s show, guest host Lyndsey Smith is joined by: Greg Bartley with Pulse Canada on the industry’s Keep it Clean program; Brian Comeault of Farmers Business Network on StatsCan crop estimates; and, Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange with a Beef Market Update. Thoughts on something we talked about on the show?… Read More

Thanks for tuning in to the RealAg Issues Panel on RealAg Radio! Today’s host Lyndsey Smith is joined by RealAgriculture’s Kelvin Heppner and Stuart Person of MNP. They discuss a number of topics, including: How Agristability works (or doesn’t); The Unused Housing Tax problem; Interest rates and inflation; and, Water wars. We will also hear… Read More