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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle near 5-month top on cash market optimism

Aug. 1, 2020 at 9:10 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. live cattle futures rose on Friday, with the benchmark October contract nearing a five-month high on expectations of firmer cash cattle prices in the coming week, traders said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) August live cattle futures settled up 1.100 cents at 102.825 cents per pound. […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures close higher on strong export data

Jul. 30, 2020 at 4:39 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures close higher; lean hogs decline

Jul. 29, 2020 at 5:57 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Argentina nears China hog deal it hopes could turbocharge local pork production

Jul. 29, 2020 at 9:34 am CDT

By Hallie Gu Maximilian Heath

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures firm on expectations of firm cash

Jul. 28, 2020 at 5:36 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures retreat on supply concerns

Jul. 27, 2020 at 5:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. live cattle futures opened firm on Monday but retreated from session highs on technical selling and lingering concerns about cattle supply backups in the wake of recent packing plant closures due to coronavirus infections among workers. Prices climbed at Monday’s open in reaction to Friday’s […]

By Karl Plume

G4 swine flu virus not new, China says

Jul. 6, 2020 at 11:46 pm CDT

Shanghai/Beijing | Reuters — China’s ministry of agriculture and rural affairs said Saturday that the so-called “G4” strain of swine flu virus is not new and does not infect or sicken humans and animals easily, rebuffing a study published last week. That study, by a team of Chinese scientists and […]

By Reuters

Chinese researchers warn of new virus in pigs with human pandemic risk

Jun. 30, 2020 at 1:55 am CDT

Shanghai | Reuters — A new flu virus found in Chinese pigs has become more infectious to humans and needs to be watched closely in case it becomes a potential “pandemic virus,” a study said, although experts said there is no imminent threat. A team of Chinese researchers looked at […]

By Reuters

Animal welfare activist dies outside Ontario pork plant

Jun. 19, 2020 at 7:56 pm CDT

An animal welfare activist has died while attending what’s been described as a “vigil” outside a southern Ontario hog packing plant, as new provincial limits on such activity around livestock are set to take effect. Halton Regional Police Service reported receiving a call Friday morning that a person had been […]

By Dave Bedard

Hog sector hit hard by pandemic

Jun. 17, 2020 at 6:14 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — COVID-19 has hit the hog sector hard, with the double-edged sword of large supplies and reduced demand weighing heavily on the market. “The prospect of profitability at current forward prices and at current cash prices is nil… and there’s really no prospect of making anything this year,” said […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin