Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures slid on Monday on technical selling and profit-taking, as the trade began to question whether Chinese demand for U.S. pork will boom […] Read more
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U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs fall, cattle up on technical trading, profit-taking
Hogs 'stretched out technically last week'
U.S. livestock: Lean hogs climb on bullish pork export prospects
Live cattle continue following hogs higher
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures closed higher on Friday for a second session on expectations of increased export demand for U.S. pork after rival supplier Germany confirmed […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Hog futures limit up on pork export optimism
CME live cattle follow lean hogs higher
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures closed up their daily limit on Thursday as confirmation of a case of African swine fever in a wild boar in Germany […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn up as hog futures soar
Soybeans down on profit-taking
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures climbed to their highest in five months on Thursday as news of a swine disease in Germany fueled expectations of increased demand for […] Read more
Swine fever found in Germany putting pork exports at risk
Country had been fencing off borders against wild boar
Berlin/Hamburg | Reuters — Germany confirmed on Thursday that African swine fever (ASF) had been found in a dead wild boar near its border with Poland, threatening pork exports to […] Read more
Germany reports first suspected case of African swine fever
German producers currently exporting pork to China
Berlin | Reuters — Germany’s ministry of food and agriculture said on Wednesday it had a suspected case of African swine fever (ASF) in a wild boar in the eastern […] Read more
Paradise lost looms for German farmers as swine fever nears
As swine fever is found in wild boar in Poland, many worry infected animals will cross the border
Reuters – The German state of Brandenburg has erected about 120 kilometres of electric fencing to prevent wild boars infected with African swine fever (ASF) from straying across the border […] Read more
African swine fever spreads near German border
Paris | Reuters — Poland recorded 55 outbreaks of African swine fever in wild boar near the German border last month, the world animal health body said on Thursday, in […] Read more
Shut out of China, Canada finds canola buyers in drought-damaged Europe
Winnipeg/Paris | Reuters — Crop-scorching drought in Europe is providing Canadian canola farmers a timely new opportunity to move supplies that have piled up since China stopped buying this year. […] Read more
Sausage-loving Germans chew over meat tax plan
Berlin | Reuters — German lawmakers on Wednesday proposed raising the sales tax on meat to help protect the climate and improve animal welfare, kindling a debate in a country […] Read more
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