Insights and Stories on Hogs

Maple Leaf books Q1 loss under PEDv cost pressure

May. 2, 2014 at 5:03 am CDT

A rise in pork prices due mainly to porcine epidemic diarrhea’s effects on the U.S. hog herd has bit deeper into Maple Leaf Foods’ bottom line for its first quarter ending March 31. “Pork markets have been impacted in an unprecedented way due to a virus in the U.S. hog […]

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

By Theopolis Waters

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

Apr. 29, 2014 at 5:23 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Another off-farm Manitoba site turns up PEDv

Apr. 28, 2014 at 5:20 pm CDT

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

More Manitoba hogs turn up with PED

Apr. 25, 2014 at 9:15 pm CDT

Another small group of Manitoba hogs has tested positive off-farm for the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv), this time at an unnamed “high-traffic site” in the province’s livestock-intensive southeast. The office of the provincial chief veterinary officer (CVO) reported Friday that the pigs in this case had been transported from […]

By Staff

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures climb before USDA report

Apr. 25, 2014 at 3:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Friday closed higher, fuelled by their discounts’ to initial cash prices prior to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s cattle-on-feed report at 2 p.m. CT, traders said. Analysts expect Friday’s report to show the number of cattle placed in feedyards […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle hit new high as corn prices slip

Apr. 24, 2014 at 5:11 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Back-month Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures on Thursday set new contract highs, sparked by weak corn prices that could help ease input costs for feedlots, traders said. Feeder cattle futures drew more support from buying in the neighbouring CME live cattle pit. May feeders gained […]

By Theopolis Waters