Insights and Stories on Livestock

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs firm on tight hog supplies

Feb. 7, 2022 at 6:07 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures gained on Monday, supported by fewer market-ready hogs and diminished pork supplies, analysts said. “There just isn’t much extra pork laying around,” said Alan Brugler, president of Brugler Marketing. CME April lean hogs settled 1.2 cents higher at 101.275 cents/lb., […]

Pork industry looks ahead from turbulent 2021

Feb. 4, 2022 at 8:00 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs up on tight supplies, good demand

Feb. 4, 2022 at 6:05 pm CST

By Karl Plume

The end of pink ham? France to cut use of nitrite in cured meats

Feb. 4, 2022 at 5:10 pm CST

By Geert De Clercq

U.S. livestock: CME hog, cattle futures end lower

Feb. 3, 2022 at 8:10 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

No trade bans expected from Nova Scotia bird flu findings

Feb. 3, 2022 at 7:47 pm CST

A new outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a backyard flock in central Nova Scotia isn’t expected to affect international trade in Canada’s feather sectors. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) on Tuesday confirmed a high-path H5N1 strain affecting birds on the property, describing it Thursday as a “non-poultry […]

By Dave Bedard

JBS reaches ‘icebreaker’ settlement of beef price-fixing claims

Feb. 2, 2022 at 9:49 pm CST

Reuters — JBS has agreed to pay US$52.5 million to settle litigation accusing meatpacking companies of conspiring to limit supply in the $63 billion-a-year U.S. beef market in order to inflate prices and boost profit. The preliminary settlement by the Brazilian company and its U.S. units with so-called direct purchasers […]

By jonathan-stempel

U.S. livestock: Cash prices, slaughter pace support CME live cattle

Feb. 2, 2022 at 6:22 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rallied to fresh contract highs on Wednesday on strong cash market prices and rising slaughter rates amid seasonally tightening cattle supplies. A winter storm moving across the central U.S. on Wednesday did not noticeably impact cattle and beef production, although […]

By Karl Plume

Research may yield new approaches to managing pneumonia in cattle

Feb. 2, 2022 at 4:37 pm CST

University of Guelph research could lead to revolutionary new approaches to preventing pneumonia in beef cattle while reducing the use of antibiotics. Dr. Jeff Caswell, a professor in the pathobiology department at the Ontario Veterinary College, says the traditional thinking has been that risk factors such as weaning, transportation, inclement […]

By Lois Harris

U.S. livestock: CME hog, cattle futures hit contract highs

Feb. 1, 2022 at 8:02 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rose more than two per cent on Tuesday, with most contract months setting life-of-contract highs on fund-driven buying and worries about a winter storm that could slow the transport of animals at a time of tight U.S. hog supplies, traders […]

By Julie Ingwersen