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U.S. livestock: Cash price plunge sends CME hogs to another two-year low

Jan. 22, 2015 at 4:27 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs drifted to a two-year low for a third straight session on Thursday, pressured by the steep drop in cash and wholesale pork prices, traders said. February closed 0.75 cent per pound lower at 71.6 cents, and April fell 1.35 cents, to […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle bounce with beef prices

Jan. 21, 2015 at 3:13 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle resume downtrend, but off lows

Jan. 20, 2015 at 5:35 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

France says Russia to lift ban on live pigs, some pork products

Jan. 19, 2015 at 7:48 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle snap eight-day losing skid

Jan. 16, 2015 at 6:03 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: More CME live cattle selling as cash prices plunge

Jan. 15, 2015 at 5:49 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle ended lower in volatile trade on Thursday, pressured by residual fund liquidation and the steep drop in cash prices, traders said. CME live cattle’s selloff extended losses to eight straight days. The February contract’s limit-down move on Tuesday delayed the “roll” […]

By Theopolis Waters

Chipotle’s pork plight could hurt Q1 results

Jan. 14, 2015 at 8:24 pm CST

Reuters –– Chipotle Mexican Grill’s decision to suspend purchases from a pork producer that ran afoul of its animal welfare requirements could bolster its reputation with diners but threatens sales and profits this quarter, an analyst said Wednesday. The burrito chain’s move caused a supply shortfall that is hitting about […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Active fund selloff extends CME live cattle losses

Jan. 14, 2015 at 4:23 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle fell for a seventh straight session on Wednesday as funds liquidated positions in association with their yearly rebalancing of commodities, traders said. Funds involved in CME’s livestock markets that follow the Standard + Poor’s Goldman Sachs Commodity Index (S+P GSCI) sold, […]

By Theopolis Waters

Farrowing barn is Quebec’s ninth PED case

Jan. 13, 2015 at 7:02 pm CST

Animal health officials in Quebec’s Monteregie have confirmed three more hog operations with cases of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) since Friday. The province’s swine health team (EQSP) said Friday it had confirmed PED in hogs at a 2,700-head nursery operation at St-Aime, with an epidemiological link to the province’s sixth […]

By Staff

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle tumble on more fund liquidation

Jan. 13, 2015 at 4:10 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle posted heavy losses on Tuesday after funds kept selling February long contracts while simultaneously rolling them into back months, traders said. Funds involved in CME’s livestock markets that follow the Standard + Poor’s Goldman Sachs Commodity Index (S+P GSCI) shifted their […]

By Theopolis Waters