Insights and Stories on Pork

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs rebound

Dec. 7, 2018 at 5:10 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures closed out the week on a positive note on Friday as hopes for a pickup in pork sales to China fueled speculative buying that lifted prices more than one per cent and reversed the prior session’s losses. The market remains focused on […]

U.S. livestock: Trade fears drag down CME live cattle, hogs

Jun. 14, 2018 at 7:07 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs snap back on higher cash, wholesale pork prices

Jun. 12, 2018 at 6:19 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat climbs on global weather woes

Jun. 6, 2018 at 4:42 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Strong cash prices reverse CME hogs’ losses

Jun. 6, 2018 at 4:19 pm CDT

By Reuters

Mexico hits back on U.S. steel, slaps tariffs on pork, bourbon

Jun. 5, 2018 at 8:10 pm CDT

Mexico City | Reuters — Mexico responded in kind to U.S. President Donald Trump’s metals tariffs by imposing its own duties on U.S. steel on Tuesday, while also targeting politically sensitive agricultural products from pork to bourbon. Mexico’s peso tumbled to its weakest level since February 2017, leading losses among […]

By Reuters

Pork supply issues hit Maple Leaf’s Q1 ledger

May. 2, 2018 at 1:42 pm CDT

Reuters — Meat packer Maple Leaf Foods posted a smaller-than-expected quarterly profit as lower prices and a temporary interruption in supplies hurt sales of its pork products, sending its shares to their lowest in nearly two years. The company, one of Canada’s biggest pork processors, said that processed fresh pork […]

By Nishara Karuvalli Pathikkal

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle stumble on profit-taking

Apr. 6, 2018 at 6:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle turned lower on Friday after profit-taking and fund liquidation gave back some of the market’s gains over the past two days, said traders. U.S. stocks’ plunge over trade war fears unnerved CME livestock investors still digesting Monday’s Chinese tariff hike on […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle hit two-month low

Mar. 19, 2018 at 7:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell on Monday for a third straight session, pressured by fund-driven long liquidation and expectations of rising supplies ahead based on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s most recent monthly cattle report, traders said. Declines on Wall Street added to bearish […]

By Reuters

Canadian pork cleared for Argentina

Nov. 29, 2017 at 8:05 pm CST

Argentina is now ready to import Canadian pork for the first time in about 15 years, federal officials report. Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and Trade Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne announced Wednesday that access to the Argentinian market has been restored for Canadian pork effective “immediately.” Canadian pork processors had started […]

By Staff