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U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs fall on anticipated larger supplies

Aug. 5, 2021 at 5:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures slipped on Thursday as traders look ahead to increased supplies of hogs heading into the fall and producers hedge against the possibility of future price declines, traders said. CME August lean hog futures closed unchanged at 109.475 cents per pound, […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle firm on scarce supply and firmer cash markets

Aug. 4, 2021 at 3:30 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs firm as market-ready supplies remain soft

Aug. 3, 2021 at 5:27 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

Dominican Republic to kill thousands of pigs over swine fever outbreak

Aug. 3, 2021 at 5:14 pm CDT

By Ezequiel Abiu Lopez

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs end mixed as traders eye Dominican hog disease

Jul. 29, 2021 at 7:00 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking drags down CME livestock futures

Jul. 27, 2021 at 4:46 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell on Tuesday after rising to their highest price in more than three weeks, while feeder cattle pulled back from contract highs on Monday. Lean hog futures also weakened as traders took money off the table after recent gains. Traders […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle top three-week high; feeder cattle set contract high

Jul. 26, 2021 at 4:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures topped a three-week high on Monday on expectations that supplies will tighten in the coming months, while feeder cattle set a contract high, traders said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a monthly report issued after the markets closed on Friday, […]

By Tom Polansek

German hog market shrugs off swine fever discovery on farms

Jul. 21, 2021 at 4:57 pm CDT

Hamburg | Reuters — German pig prices were unchanged this week despite the discovery of the disease African swine fever in farm animals, German animal farmers’ association VEZG said on Wednesday. German pig prices were the same as last week at 1.42 euros (C$2.10) per kilogram slaughter weight, the VEZG […]

By Reuters

Olymel strike talks delayed to mid-month, union says

Jul. 6, 2021 at 1:37 am CDT

A two-months-and-counting strike at a major Quebec hog slaughter and processing plant is expected to continue through to mid-July at the earliest due to scheduling issues, the workers’ union says. The Syndicat des travailleurs d’Olymel Vallee-Jonction-CSN — which represents over 1,000 striking workers at Olymel’s plant Vallee-Jonction, about 60 km […]

By Dave Bedard

Maple Leaf to buy four Saskatchewan hog barns

Jul. 3, 2021 at 1:05 am CDT

Two sow barns and two nursery hog barns in central Saskatchewan are set to become the property of meat processor Maple Leaf Foods. Toronto-based Maple Leaf announced Wednesday it plans to buy the four barns from Polar Pork, a group of farms spearheaded by members of the Possberg family — […]

By Dave Bedard