Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog and cattle futures rose on Wednesday, with the market underpinned by strength in the cash markets. Prices for the cattle contracts hit […] Read more
Beef cattle
U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures up with cash markets
Boxed beef, select cuts priced at one-year highs
Tensions build over Argentina’s beef export ban
Rural associations pledge pause in livestock trading
Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentine farm groups will halt trading of livestock in protest against a 30-day government ban on beef exports aimed at bringing down domestic prices, the […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Hog futures rally on technical bounce
June live cattle up, August feeders down
Chicago | Reuters — Lean hog futures rallied on Tuesday, rising 1.8 per cent on a technical bounce after three straight days of declines pushed prices to their lowest since […] Read more
Klassen: Drier conditions will influence feeder market
The feeder market was hard to define this week. The quality of yearlings was quite variable. Fleshier types were heavily discounted while quality packages were unchanged from seven days earlier. […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures close to unchanged
CME June lean hog futures fall
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled close to unchanged on Monday, with attempts at a bargain-buying rally fizzling out after hitting some key resistance points. […] Read more
Tory MP’s bill on farm transfer tax treatment moves ahead
Private member's bill now awaits Senate approval
A Manitoba Conservative MP’s bill to standardize the tax treatment for sales of farms and other small businesses has cleared the House of Commons and is en route to the […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Live cattle down, feeders up with corn
CME lean hog futures down
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures extended losses on Friday on long liquidation that also dragged down corn futures, analysts said. It was the second consecutive […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures fall on long liquidation
Lean hogs down with pork export sales data
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures fell 2.5 per cent on Thursday, following broad declines in grain and livestock markets that analysts attributed to fund-driven long liquidation and […] Read more
Feed weekly outlook: Falling futures suggest first cracks in lofty market
MarketsFarm — A sharp drop in corn and wheat futures prices at the Chicago Board of Trade over the past week could be the sign of the first cracks in […] Read more
La Nina done, U.S. CPC says
Neutral weather likely through summer
Reuters — A U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday La Nina has ended and El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) neutral conditions are likely to continue through the Northern Hemisphere summer. […] Read more