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

May. 27, 2014 at 4:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Tuesday in anticipation of a seasonal bump in supplies that could further pressure prices for market-ready, or cash cattle, traders said. Last week, cash cattle in Texas and Kansas moved at $144 per hundredweight (cwt), $1 lower […]

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

By Theopolis Waters

Mexico reports PEDv in 17 states out of 19 tested

May. 22, 2014 at 6:53 pm CDT

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

May. 22, 2014 at 4:00 pm CDT

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

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking undercuts CME live cattle

May. 20, 2014 at 4:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished lower on Tuesday, pressured by profit-taking in anticipation of steady-to-lower prices for market-ready or cash cattle this week, traders said. Plant closures during the U.S. Memorial Day holiday will lessen their need for supplies, they said. Processors curbed slaughters […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Tight supply outlook rallies CME feeder cattle to new high

May. 20, 2014 at 1:27 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures on Monday clocked a new high for a fourth straight session, partly driven by expectations for tighter numbers of calves ahead, traders said. Feedlots are spending more for calves, or feeder cattle, made scarce after several years of drought in […]

By Theopolis Waters

B.C. plans for PEDv prevention

May. 17, 2014 at 1:52 am CDT

The federal and British Columbia governments are putting up funding for the province’s pork sector to fend off porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) before it arrives there. The two levels of government on Thursday pledged $613,050 from the Growing Forward 2 (GF2) ag policy funding framework for “increased surveillance and preventative […]

By Staff