Insights and Stories on Hurricane Matthew

Investors press meat producers to cut water pollution

Nov. 21, 2016 at 9:22 pm CST

Reuters — Forty-five large investors collectively managing C$1.6 trillion in assets are pressing some of the nation’s largest meat producers to set policies for reducing water pollution in their feeding, slaughtering and processing operations. The investors, who are members of sustainability non-profit advocate Ceres and the Interfaith Center on Corporate […]

Smithfield sees pork operations back to normal Monday

Oct. 17, 2016 at 3:17 am CDT

By Jim Brumm

Millions of chickens reported dead in Hurricane Matthew floods

Oct. 12, 2016 at 8:09 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Weak cash prices extend live cattle losses

Oct. 12, 2016 at 5:22 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slump limit down

Oct. 10, 2016 at 5:34 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Smithfield to shutter major hog plant against Matthew

Oct. 7, 2016 at 2:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Smithfield Foods will shutter its hog processing facility, the world’s largest, on Saturday to protect employees in North Carolina from Hurricane Matthew, industry sources said on Friday, as farmers braced for the storm’s potential lashing. Matthew has fueled concerns about the safety of livestock and farm […]

By Theopolis Waters Tom Polansek

U.S. farmers race to ready for Hurricane Matthew’s blast

Oct. 6, 2016 at 7:37 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — Hurricane Matthew, the fiercest Caribbean storm in nearly a decade, roiled commodities markets and forced companies from cane refiners to orange juice makers to shutter as it whipped its way toward the southeastern U.S. on Thursday. Southeastern companies were closing down operations ahead of a […]

By Chris Prentice

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs rebound on bargain buying

Oct. 6, 2016 at 5:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs closed higher on Thursday on short-covering and bargain buying after futures tumbled to a seven-year low on Wednesday, traders said. CME October lean hogs, which will expire on Oct. 14, led advances due to a discount to the exchange’s hog index […]

By Theopolis Waters

Insights and Stories on Hurricane Matthew

Investors press meat producers to cut water pollution

Smithfield sees pork operations back to normal Monday

Millions of chickens reported dead in Hurricane Matthew floods

U.S. livestock: Weak cash prices extend live cattle losses

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slump limit down

Smithfield to shutter major hog plant against Matthew

U.S. farmers race to ready for Hurricane Matthew’s blast

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs rebound on bargain buying

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