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U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle futures slide to five-month low

Nov. 1, 2021 at 6:56 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures hit a one-week low on Monday on bigger-than-expected U.S. supplies, while feeder cattle dropped to a five-month low, analysts said. Traders have been expecting cattle supplies to tighten but did not see signs of it in October, said Rich Nelson, […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures fall; hog futures rise as traders look at cash prices

Oct. 29, 2021 at 4:01 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures fall after three days of gains, hogs firm

Oct. 28, 2021 at 5:53 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures hit near two-month high as cash markets firm

Oct. 27, 2021 at 6:44 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures extend rally; hog contracts weaken

Oct. 26, 2021 at 5:10 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

Ontario moves to phase out wild boar farming

Oct. 26, 2021 at 9:01 am CDT

Hoping to improve its odds against African swine fever ever getting a toehold in Canada’s hog herds, Ontario plans to regulate Eurasian wild boar as an invasive species starting in the new year. To that end, the province is making funding available to farmers who actively breed and raise wild […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures rise on support from fewer cattle placements

Oct. 25, 2021 at 5:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures rose on Monday, as the market continued to be bolstered by a government report showing fewer cattle placements than expected, traders said. The USDA’s monthly cattle on feed report, released after the market close on Friday, showed September cattle placements at […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. surgeons successfully test pig kidney transplant in human patient

Oct. 19, 2021 at 7:11 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — For the first time, a pig kidney has been transplanted into a human without triggering immediate rejection by the recipient’s immune system, a potentially major advance that could eventually help alleviate a dire shortage of human organs for transplant. The procedure done at NYU Langone […]

By Nancy Lapid

Olymel CEO dies of ‘sudden’ cancer

Oct. 15, 2021 at 7:30 pm CDT

The CEO of Canadian pork and poultry packer Olymel has died of a “sudden and virulent cancer” at age 71, his company reported Friday morning. Rejean Nadeau, the CEO of Sollio Co-operative’s meatpacking and processing arm since 1996, died Thursday at his home at Rougemont, Que., about 25 km south […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. considers faster hog slaughter paces based on staffing

Oct. 11, 2021 at 8:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The Biden administration is considering a proposal that could allow some pork plants to slaughter pigs more quickly if they boost staffing, a union official said, after a U.S. court struck down a Trump-era rule that removed line speed limits. The proposal put forward by Quality […]

By Tom Polansek