Insights and Stories on Livestock

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures up on slaughter speed plan

Nov. 10, 2021 at 6:20 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rose on Wednesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said it will allow nine pork processing plants to apply to operate faster line speeds under a pilot program. The announcement eased concerns that slower processing speeds had slowed meatpackers’ […]

B.C. calling halt to mink farming

Nov. 10, 2021 at 5:01 am CST

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: USDA lifts estimates for beef production, cattle prices

Nov. 9, 2021 at 6:54 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

Klassen: Feeder market on soft slope

Nov. 9, 2021 at 9:42 am CST

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle at two-month high on strong beef demand

Nov. 8, 2021 at 5:59 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

EU’s bird flu outbreaks reach Poland

Nov. 8, 2021 at 5:23 pm CST

Paris | Reuters — Poland has reported several outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu at poultry farms with flocks totalling nearly 650,000 birds, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said on Monday. Poland is the European Union’s largest poultry producer. Five outbreaks, of which four were at fattening […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle end higher, lean hogs eases

Nov. 5, 2021 at 5:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished higher on Friday and gained about 1 percent for the week, helped by solid export demand, traders said. Demand from China has been particularly strong, fueled by the appetites of a growing Chinese middle class and diplomatic tensions with […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs climb on strong exports

Nov. 4, 2021 at 5:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures climbed to their highest in nearly two weeks on Thursday, supported by strong weekly export sales and tighter supplies of market-ready hogs, analysts said. “Hog numbers are still running below last year. If that continues to tighten up, I think […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: Live cattle firms on stronger cash, wholesale market

Nov. 3, 2021 at 5:45 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures firmed on Wednesday, underpinned by stronger cash trade as packers pull more cattle forward, while wholesale beef prices added support, analysts said. “It does seem like the packers have picked up the production for cattle lately,” said Doug Houghton, technical […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: Lean hog futures slip amid export demand doubts

Nov. 2, 2021 at 5:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures slipped on Tuesday, as uncertainty over Chinese pork demand continued and animal weights were expected to increase on cooling U.S. temperatures, analysts said. Meanwhile, Chicago’s cattle futures firmed a bit on Tuesday, amid steady slaughter rates and market expectations that […]

By P.J. Huffstutter