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U.S. livestock: CME hogs slump to two-year low as funds roll positions

Jan. 12, 2015 at 3:52 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs sank to a two-year bottom on Monday as funds kept selling February contracts and rolling their long positions into back months, traders said. Funds involved in CME’s livestock markets that follow the Standard + Poor’s Goldman Sachs Commodity Index (S+P GSCI) […]

Klassen: Holidays leave feeder cattle market undefined

Jan. 10, 2015 at 2:25 pm CST

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: More fund sales drop CME live cattle limit-down

Jan. 9, 2015 at 6:04 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

Your calving checklist for 2015

Jan. 9, 2015 at 10:21 am CST

By — Heather Smith Thomas

Brazil exported 3.3 per cent more beef in 2014, industry says

Jan. 8, 2015 at 5:39 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs near two-year low in active fund selloff

Jan. 8, 2015 at 5:22 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs on Thursday sank to their lowest level since March 2013 on liquidation by funds as part of their annual rebalancing of commodity positions, traders said. Funds trading in CME’s lean hogs and live cattle markets simultaneously sold February long positions and […]

By Theopolis Waters

Five-year beef plan seeks boosts in demand, efficiency

Jan. 7, 2015 at 6:49 pm CST

A new strategy from national and provincial cattle producer and beef marketing agencies has set five-year percentage benchmarks for the industry’s productivity, added value and cost-effectiveness. Canada’s beef sector groups on Wednesday formally released their National Beef Strategy, a guiding document for “how the organizations can work together to best […]

By Staff

U.S. livestock: CME hogs rally in anticipation of cash price rebound

Jan. 7, 2015 at 2:42 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs turned higher Wednesday after initial selling, benefiting from sentiment that cash prices are about to bottom out soon, traders said. February closed 0.75 cent per pound higher at 79.325 cents, and April finished up 0.525 cents at 81.875 cents (all figures […]

By Theopolis Waters

Korea says cattle found infected with foot-and-mouth

Jan. 6, 2015 at 5:25 pm CST

Seoul | Reuters –– South Korea said Tuesday that foot-and-mouth had spread to a cattle farm in the country for the first time in more than three years, a blow to authorities battling to contain an outbreak of the disease. The outbreak was discovered around half a year ago on […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Bearish fundamentals sink CME hogs to near two-year low

Jan. 6, 2015 at 5:08 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs fell to their lowest in almost two years on Tuesday, weighed down by sluggish wholesale pork demand and ample hog supplies, traders said. February closed 1.35 cents per pound lower at 78.575 cents and April finished down 1.45 cents, to 81.35 […]

By Theopolis Waters