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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 […]

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

Mar. 19, 2014 at 2:50 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

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

Mar. 18, 2014 at 4:56 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Cash prices again spike CME hogs to new high

Mar. 17, 2014 at 4:23 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs hit new high on supply fears, PEDv

Mar. 13, 2014 at 3:04 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures rise on hopes for cash prices

Mar. 12, 2014 at 4:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle rose on Wednesday, driven by anticipation of higher cash prices this week, traders said. For now, there is more confidence in better prices for cash cattle given record-high beef values and positive packer margins, said R.J. O’Brien floor manager Jim Brooks. […]

By Theopolis Waters

Hog cash prices nearing record highs

Mar. 11, 2014 at 5:15 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Cash prices for Canadian hogs are nearing record levels due to concerns about reduced North American supplies because of the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) that’s plagued U.S. farmers and a handful in Canada this winter. Futures prices for hogs reached record levels in the U.S. in […]

By Terryn Shiells

U.S. livestock: CME hogs peak at new high in volatile action

Mar. 11, 2014 at 4:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures on Tuesday reached a new high for a second straight session as buying pegged to a deadly pig virus offset profit-taking, traders said. The porcine epidemic diarrhea virus sweeping across U.S. hog farms is already hurting production in parts of the […]

By Theopolis Waters

PEDv-related supply woes drive U.S. hogs up 6.5 per cent

Mar. 8, 2014 at 9:35 am CST

Chicago | Reuters — Hog futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange surged 6.5 per cent this week on tightening U.S. supplies as a deadly pig virus sweeps the country, traders and industry sources said on Friday. CME lean hog futures finished the week at 113.75 cents per pound, down from […]

By Theopolis Waters

Hog code calls for group sow housing, pain control for piglets

Mar. 6, 2014 at 3:40 pm CST

Animal welfare advocates call Canada’s new code of practice for the care and handling of pigs — which commits farmers who follow it to adopt group housing for sows in any new barns built after July this year — a “watershed moment” for the industry. The revised code, replacing the […]

By Staff