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U.S. livestock: CME hogs drop limit-down on profit-taking

Mar. 25, 2014 at 3:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures settled down their three-cent daily price limit on Tuesday, rattled by profit-taking and a drop by wholesale pork prices, traders and analysts said. Sentiment that cash hog prices may be about to peak if packers are unable to move pork contributed […]

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking drops CME hog futures

Mar. 24, 2014 at 5:12 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Another hog virus arrives in Canada, PED tests find

Mar. 21, 2014 at 6:29 pm CDT

By Staff

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slip before USDA report

Mar. 21, 2014 at 4:52 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Russia allows U.S. pork imports from Chinese-owned Smithfield

Mar. 21, 2014 at 2:58 pm CDT

B.C. opens up feral pig hunting

Mar. 21, 2014 at 6:54 am CDT

Licensed hunters can now harvest feral pigs anywhere, anytime in British Columbia, following the animals’ re-designation under provincial wildlife laws. The province announced an amendment Thursday to its Wildlife Act’s designation and exemption regulation, classifying feral pigs as “schedule C” wildlife, which ranks the hogs alongside magpies and certain squirrels […]

By Staff

PEDv numbers rise in U.S. hog herd

Mar. 20, 2014 at 7:07 pm CDT

Reuters — Confirmed cases of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) increased by 296 in the week ended March 15, bringing the total number to 4,757, according to data released on Thursday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN). The U.S. and Canadian hog industries have recently […]

U.S. livestock: Fund selloff undercuts CME live cattle

Mar. 20, 2014 at 4:02 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Thursday slid after hitting contract highs in early trade, weighed by weaker wholesale beef prices and fund liquidation, traders said. The morning’s wholesale beef price, or cutout, dropped for a second straight day, with choice down $1.10 per hundredweight […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures close mixed after volatile session

Mar. 19, 2014 at 2:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures closed mixed on Wednesday, supported by higher cash hog prices while pressured by sporadic profit-taking, traders said. The morning’s hog price in the closely watched Iowa/Minnesota market rose $2.41 per hundredweight (cwt) to $122.90, surpassing Tuesday’s $121.13 record, based on U.S. […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures gain, but slip from record high

Mar. 18, 2014 at 4:56 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures closed higher in pit trading on Tuesday but eased from their all-time high as investors took profits while awaiting cash price direction, traders said. In electronic trading, CME April hogs edged upward after the average cost of hogs in the closely-watched […]

By Theopolis Waters