Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures closed lower on Monday for a third straight session as plentiful U.S. hog and pork supplies continued to weigh […] Read more
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U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs down on ample supplies
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle jump on firmer cash trade
Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures settled higher on Friday and set a one-month top, buoyed by higher cash cattle trades in northern states including […] Read more
Canada proposes China meat export solution
Reuters — Canada offered a plan to reassure China about the security of its meat export system, a Canadian minister said on Wednesday, as Ottawa rejected Chinese criticism of its […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs end down, live cattle up
Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures closed lower on Wednesday on technical selling including profit-taking and long liquidation ahead of the U.S. Independence Day holiday, […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Nearby lean hogs firm on bargain-buying, China hopes
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) nearby lean hog futures closed higher on Tuesday for a second session on technical buying after last week’s multimonth lows and hopes […] Read more
Klassen: Feeder market enters summer doldrums
Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded steady to $5 lower on average. Small volumes were available last week, which distorted the price structure. Many feedlot hands […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Lean hogs up on trade hopes, falling corn prices
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures rose on Monday on a mix of technical buying, falling corn prices and muted optimism about the weekend resumption […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Nearby lean hogs drop on continued herd expansion
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures were mixed on Friday, with nearby contracts pressured by plentiful supplies of hogs and pork and deferred months buoyed […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Hogs up before USDA confirms herd expansion
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures rallied on Thursday on short-covering and position squaring near the end of the month and quarter after prices hit […] Read more
P.E.I. to manage deadstock removal
Prince Edward Island’s latest provincial operating budget calls for its agriculture and land department to directly manage removal of deadstock for dairy and beef cattle producers. Finance Minister Darlene Compton’s […] Read more
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