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U.S. livestock: CME hogs settle higher after volatile session

Apr. 9, 2014 at 6:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hogs finished higher on Wednesday with June up the three-cent limit as fund buying and short-covering beat back early losses, traders said. Futures raced to catch up to CME’s hog index at 129.19 cents (all figures US$). April hogs closed up 1.725 cents […]

Livestock price insurance plan now taking applications

Apr. 9, 2014 at 1:10 pm CDT

By Staff

U.S. livestock: CME hogs tumble on slowing pork demand, weak cash market

Apr. 8, 2014 at 5:44 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME hogs end firm on fund buying, higher wholesale pork

Apr. 7, 2014 at 4:02 pm CDT

By Meredith Davis

Klassen: Feeder cattle upward price trend continues

Apr. 7, 2014 at 5:53 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. appeal court to reconsider whether to block COOL

Apr. 7, 2014 at 3:53 am CDT

A U.S. appeals court which last month rejected North American meat and livestock industry groups’ plea to halt U.S. mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL) on meat has scrapped its own ruling and will re-hear the groups’ case in May. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit announced […]

By Staff

Merck wants to test Zilmax on 240,000 cattle but beef industry resists

Apr. 4, 2014 at 3:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Merck & Co Inc. wants to feed its controversial feed additive Zilmax to 240,000 U.S. cattle to prove it is safe. But there is a problem: giant meat processors like Cargill Inc don’t want to touch animals fed with the drug. Merck plans to conduct the […]

By P.J. Huffstutter Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Supply issues send CME hogs plummeting, cattle soaring

Apr. 3, 2014 at 4:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Capping yet another day of volatile livestock trading, Chicago Mercantile Exchange hogs closed down Thursday, recovering somewhat after prices went limit-down midday in response to ongoing uncertainty over the impact of a deadly swine virus on the nation’s hog herd. In contrast, fears over tight beef […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: Fund liquidation erases CME hogs’ new high

Apr. 2, 2014 at 3:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hogs on Wednesday slumped on profit-taking and fund liquidation that pulled futures down from a high set earlier in the session, traders said. Fund selling and sell stops developed after the June contract fell below the 20-day moving average of 127.209 cents (all […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs hit new high, led by discount to cash prices

Apr. 1, 2014 at 4:56 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hogs on Tuesday set a new high after recovering some of Monday’s hefty losses, helped by short-covering and futures’ discount to prices for market-ready or cash hogs. CME’s hog index, a two-day barometer reflecting cash prices, was at a record-high 129.87 cents, which […]

By Theopolis Waters