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U.S. livestock: Fund buying pushes CME hogs two per cent higher

Apr. 23, 2014 at 8:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures jumped two per cent on Wednesday, with some months up the three-cent limit, driven by fund buying after contracts punched through moving average levels, traders said. May hogs closed up 2.95 cents per pound at 123.975 (all figures US$). June and […]

U.S. livestock: Solid beef demand drives CME live cattle higher

Apr. 22, 2014 at 3:57 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Hog futures sink two per cent with sagging cash prices

Apr. 21, 2014 at 3:55 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Sask. sets up pre-emptive PEDv response fund

Apr. 20, 2014 at 1:19 am CDT

By Staff

Maple Leaf’s Hamilton wiener plant now closed

Apr. 20, 2014 at 12:30 am CDT

By Staff

USDA to require reporting of PEDv, SDCV

Apr. 19, 2014 at 3:07 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters –– In an expected move, the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday announced new measures to combat the spread of diseases such as porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) in the U.S. pig population. While PED is not considered a reportable disease according to international standards, USDA will now […]

By Ros Krasny

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures climb, live cattle fall before holiday

Apr. 17, 2014 at 6:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures on Thursday finished higher on fund buying and short-covering ahead of the Easter holiday, traders said. CME will be closed on Friday in observance of the Good Friday holiday. Some investors bought the May and June contracts in anticipation of a […]

By Theopolis Waters

Que. flood concerns briefly shut Olymel pork plant

Apr. 17, 2014 at 4:50 pm CDT

Quebec meat packing firm Olymel called off shifts Wednesday at its Beauce-region pork slaughter plant due to potential flood threats. Olymel, the meat processing arm of agrifood co-operative Coop Federee, said it decided to cancel Wednesday’s evening and night shifts at its plant at Vallee-Jonction, about 60 km south of […]

By Staff

U.S. livestock: Pork price rebound rallies CME hogs

Apr. 16, 2014 at 3:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures on Wednesday settled higher after a choppy day of trading, supported by unexpectedly strong demand for pork at wholesale, traders said. Wednesday morning’s wholesale pork price turned $2.38 per hundredweight (cwt) higher at $124.11, after falling $2.68 the day before, according […]

By Theopolis Waters

PEDv seen pushing U.S. 2014 pork production down two per cent

Apr. 15, 2014 at 6:23 pm CDT

Reuters — U.S. pork production is likely to decline about two per cent this year due to the spread of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED), the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its monthly livestock outlook report. Live hog prices were expected to increase as a result of the pig virus, […]

By Meredith Davis