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U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures mixed on end-of-year positioning

Dec. 30, 2016 at 1:12 pm CST

Chicago/Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were narrowly mixed on Friday, paring earlier steep gains on end-of-year positioning, traders said. Stronger bids for cattle in U.S. Plains cash markets underpinned prices. But some investors took profits after most-active February futures hit an eight-month high before turning slightly lower. […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle soars to 6-month high on cash price hopes

Dec. 29, 2016 at 3:46 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

Fat herds, leaner profits: For China’s pig farmers, New Year feasts bring cold comfort

Dec. 29, 2016 at 11:55 am CST

By Dominique Patton Hallie Gu

U.S. livestock: Cash, beef prices send CME live cattle to 4-1/2-month top

Dec. 28, 2016 at 4:28 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

Hog prices fall on USDA report of unexpectedly large hog herd

Dec. 28, 2016 at 1:17 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hogs tumble after USDA shows biggest U.S. herd since 1943

Dec. 23, 2016 at 2:01 pm CST

Chicago/Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell more than two per cent on Friday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture in a quarterly report at midday said the hog herd was the biggest since 1943 and larger than analysts anticipated. Hog futures sank to their session lows after […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle again hits 4-month high on cash prices

Dec. 22, 2016 at 3:51 pm CST

Chicago/Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Thursday climbed to a four-month high for a second day in a row, fuelled by short-covering and stronger-than-anticipated cash prices, said traders. CME livestock futures will close early on Friday and will be closed on Monday in observance of the Christmas […]

By Theopolis Waters

Hog sector optimistic heading into New Year

Dec. 21, 2016 at 6:43 pm CST

CNS Canada –– A rally in U.S. hog futures over the past few weeks is also being felt in the Canadian industry, which has brought some optimism to the sector heading into the New Year. “The isoweans are stronger, which tells us that there is greater demand in the U.S. […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Olymel buys Alberta hog farming operation

Nov. 25, 2016 at 8:25 pm CST

Pork and poultry processor Olymel has tightened the links in the hog supply chain for its Alberta pork plant by buying supplier Pinnacle Farms. Olymel, the meat packing arm of Quebec’s La Coop federee, announced Friday it has bought Standard, Alta.-based Pinnacle, including all its hog inventory, for an undisclosed […]

By Staff

Argentina pledges access for Canadian pork

Nov. 24, 2016 at 7:48 pm CST

Canada and Argentina are in late-stage talks that would see Canadian pork exporters regain access to that South American market. Following a meeting between Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri and Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the federal government last Friday said the two countries have “acknowledged the necessary steps to complete […]

By Staff