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U.S. livestock: Cheaper corn pushes CME feeder cattle to record high

May. 9, 2014 at 6:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures on Friday hit a record high, boosted as corn prices fell after the government’s bearish crop report, traders said. U.S. corn futures fell more than one per cent after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s forecast for rising global supplies. Cheaper […]

PEDv found in hogs on second SE Manitoba farm

May. 9, 2014 at 6:03 pm CDT

By Staff

Higher bacon prices still to come, analyst says

May. 8, 2014 at 7:03 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: CME hogs end mixed as funds roll into new months

May. 8, 2014 at 4:10 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

PED could cut U.S. output by seven per cent in 2014: Rabobank

May. 7, 2014 at 6:03 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Fallen cash prices extend CME hogs’ losses

May. 7, 2014 at 4:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures fell on Wednesday for a seventh straight session, led by lower market-ready, or cash, hog prices, traders said. The morning’s hog price in Iowa/Minnesota fell $2.41 per hundredweight (cwt) from Tuesday to $111.72, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (all […]

By Theopolis Waters

Toronto’s Quality Meat Packers officially bankrupt

May. 7, 2014 at 4:45 pm CDT

One of the last remnants of Toronto’s “Hogtown” past has formally gone bankrupt, in a move expected to permanently close the doors and strip out the assets at Quality Meat Packers and its Toronto Abattoirs arm. The two pork-packing and -processing companies in early April filed a notice of intention […]

By Staff

EU toughens rules on imports in response to PEDv

May. 6, 2014 at 5:29 pm CDT

Brussels/Paris | Reuters — European Union officials on Tuesday agreed on new rules for the treatment of imported pigs’ blood for use in animal feed, but decided against changing the rules on importing live pigs even though a deadly virus has caused major losses to the U.S. pig industry. In […]

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle hit all-time high as calf prices firm

May. 6, 2014 at 4:52 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures on Tuesday hit an all-time high, supported by firm prices for young calves, or feeder cattle, traders said. Feedlots are paying more for calves after years of drought in parts of the U.S. shrank the herd to a 63-year low. […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle sag on profit-taking

May. 5, 2014 at 4:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle finished lower on Monday, pressured by profit-taking that erased Friday’s gains pegged to steady-to-better market-ready or cash cattle prices, traders said. Monday was a day to evaluate this week’s cash cattle sales and subsequent wholesale beef prices, said Archer Financial Services […]

By Theopolis Waters