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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end lower after volatile day

May. 2, 2014 at 7:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ended lower on Friday after a choppy session, dragged down by profit-taking that trumped steady-to-higher prices for market-ready or cash cattle, traders said. On Friday, cash cattle in Texas traded at $146 per hundredweight (cwt), up $1 from last week, […]

CME fines Ont. Teachers for hog trades

May. 2, 2014 at 3:43 pm CDT

France to ban pigs, byproducts from N. America, Japan over PED

May. 2, 2014 at 3:20 pm CDT

By Sybille De La Hamaide

Maple Leaf books Q1 loss under PEDv cost pressure

May. 2, 2014 at 5:03 am CDT

By Staff

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle at record high on strong calf prices

May. 1, 2014 at 3:47 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Cash price woes drop CME hogs

Apr. 30, 2014 at 3:45 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures on Wednesday closed down more than two per cent, pressured by the recent decline in cash and wholesale pork prices, traders said. Although the morning’s wholesale pork prices inched upward, mixed cash hog returns left traders uneasy about those prices in […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Fund buying helps CME hogs close mostly higher

Apr. 29, 2014 at 5:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hogs closed mostly higher on Tuesday, with support from fund buying that helped most contracts beat back early-session losses, traders said. Short-covering contributed to overall CME hog advances. May futures could not overcome their bearish premium to CME’s hog index, at 116.83 cents, […]

By Theopolis Waters

Another off-farm Manitoba site turns up PEDv

Apr. 28, 2014 at 5:20 pm CDT

Another unnamed “high-traffic” off-farm site in western Manitoba has been found to have the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) present — albeit briefly, the province reported Monday. Manitoba’s office of the Chief Veterinary Officer on Monday did not mention any cases of the virus in hogs that had been at […]

By Staff

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle hit record high as supplies tight

Apr. 28, 2014 at 4:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures spiked to a record high on Monday, driven by tight supplies of young calves for fattening at feedlots, traders said. Fewer cattle are available now following years of drought in parts of the United States that have forced ranchers to […]

By Theopolis Waters

Alta. gathers GF2 funding for PED prevention

Apr. 28, 2014 at 4:10 am CDT

The Alberta and federal governments have assembled $1.35 million in funding for the province’s hog sector to further build up biosecurity against diseases such as porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED). The money, budgeted for Alberta Pork from the Growing Forward 2 (GF2) ag policy funding framework, is on top of previously-announced […]

By Staff