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U.S. livestock: CME livestock futures rise on supply concerns

Dec. 29, 2021 at 4:30 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock futures climbed on Wednesday, as cash cattle prices firmed on concerns around meat supplies to meet anticipated demand going into next year, traders said. Cattle futures ended higher, as beef carcass cutout prices continued to firm and cash cattle traded higher, traders […]

Gene editing in livestock faces strong headwinds

Dec. 29, 2021 at 10:04 am CST

By Matt McIntosh

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise on expectations of beef demand; hogs ease

Dec. 28, 2021 at 4:45 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter

Klassen: Feeder market closes year on firm tone

Dec. 27, 2021 at 8:51 pm CST

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures touch four-week high

Dec. 27, 2021 at 8:19 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures touch four-week high

Dec. 23, 2021 at 8:01 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures touched a four-week high on Thursday before retreating and may rise further next week because of smaller-than-expected national inventory numbers, analysts said. The U.S. hog herd totaled 74.2 million head on Dec. 1, down four per cent from a year earlier, the U.S. […]

By Tom Polansek

No bans expected from Newfoundland avian flu outbreak

Dec. 22, 2021 at 8:22 pm CST

Neither federal nor international animal health officials expect to see import bans imposed on Canadian poultry coming out of an avian flu outbreak at a farm on Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Wednesday reported a confirmed outbreak of a highly-pathogenic (‘high-path’) strain of H5N1 avian influenza […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: CME hogs approach four-week high

Dec. 22, 2021 at 5:22 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures jumped to their highest prices in about four weeks on Wednesday, while cattle futures also advanced. Futures could come under pressure early on Thursday from monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture data that showed frozen pork supplies on Nov. 30 were down […]

By Tom Polansek

Korea suspends Canadian beef imports after BSE case

Dec. 22, 2021 at 2:23 pm CST

Winnipeg | Reuters — South Korea has suspended beef imports from Canada, which last week reported its first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in six years, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Wednesday. South Korea, the fourth-largest beef importer in the world, is seeking more information about the case […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs near one-month high on smaller herd estimates

Dec. 21, 2021 at 7:24 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures rallied on Tuesday amid expectations the U.S. Department of Agriculture will confirm a smaller pig herd in a report due out on Thursday, analysts said. USDA, in its quarterly Hogs and Pigs report, is expected to show the herd was about […]

By Tom Polansek