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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures climb as funds buy

May. 29, 2014 at 4:08 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed higher on Thursday, with support from fund buying after contracts broke through moving-average resistance levels, traders said. Short covering contributed to CME live cattle advances, they said. Futures drew more support from their discounts to this week’s prices for market-ready […]

PEDv re-infects U.S. farm, fuels supply fears

May. 29, 2014 at 4:34 am CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Fund buying drives CME feeder cattle to record high

May. 28, 2014 at 7:22 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Supply worries drop CME live cattle futures

May. 27, 2014 at 4:01 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Maple Leaf’s flagship pork plant cutting days: MPC

May. 27, 2014 at 3:52 pm CDT

By Staff

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures sag with cash prices before holiday

May. 23, 2014 at 3:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures ended lower on Friday, pressured by weaker prices for market-ready, or cash, hogs, with packing plants set to close on Memorial Day, traders said. The CME also will be closed on Monday in observance of the U.S. Memorial Day holiday. Cash […]

By Theopolis Waters

Mexico reports PEDv in 17 states out of 19 tested

May. 22, 2014 at 6:53 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — Mexico reported outbreaks of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) in 17 states out of 19 tested, the World Animal Health Organization (OIE) said. Following reports of unusually high mortality, mainly in piglets, in the central-western part of the country, Mexican veterinary officials tested 2,309 samples between […]

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures slump with cash prices, pork demand

May. 22, 2014 at 4:00 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange hogs closed lower on Thursday, pressured by weaker prices for market-ready or cash hogs pegged to plant closures during the U.S. Memorial Day holiday, trader said. They also cited the relapse in wholesale pork prices. Grocers bought all the product they need to […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Fund buying rallies CME hog futures

May. 22, 2014 at 1:47 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures closed higher on Wednesday, supported by short-covering and fund buying, traders said. Speculation about tight supplies ahead pegged to the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) provided further support to futures that ignored Wednesday’s drop in market-ready hog and wholesale pork prices. […]

By Theopolis Waters

PEDv likely to ease in U.S. by year-end, OIE chief predicts

May. 20, 2014 at 5:00 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — A deadly pig virus that has decimated herds in the U.S. and sent prices rocketing is likely to subside before the end of this year as the causes are being identified, the head of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said. Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus […]

By Sybille De La Hamaide