Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange slipped on Tuesday, pressured by softening wholesale beef prices and a lack of bullish news, traders said. Cash […] Read more
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U.S. livestock: Live cattle inch lower, nearby hogs end higher
'Cutouts slowly start to lose ground here'
U.S. livestock: Lean hogs up two per cent on firm cash markets, short-covering
June live cattle down, later months up
Chicago | Reuters — Lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange rose more than two per cent on Monday on signs of firming cash hog values, rising wholesale pork […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise on falling corn prices
Chicago lean hogs also firm
Chicago | Reuters — CME Group cattle futures contracts rallied on Friday as a government forecast for a record-large U.S. corn harvest raised expectations that feeding costs will weaken as […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Hog futures fall on weak export data
CME cattle futures mixed
Chicago | Reuters — CME Group hog futures fell on Thursday on poor export demand for pork, traders said. Cattle futures were mixed, with live cattle easing on weakening trades […] Read more
U.S. Supreme Court upholds California’s pig confinement law
Dissent suggests 'substantial burden against interstate commerce'
Reuters — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday preserved a California law banning the sale of pork in America’s most-populous state from pigs kept in tightly confined spaces, rejecting an […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Hog, cattle futures fall on poor fundamental outlook
Corn prices expected to remain weak
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures fell on Wednesday, as poor demand for pork smothered any bargain-buying attempts to pull prices away from contract lows hit earlier […] Read more
Indonesia confirms African swine fever outbreak
Disease killed over 35,000 hogs on farm
Paris | Reuters — Indonesia has reported an outbreak of African swine fever on a farm on the Riau Islands near Singapore, the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) said […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Hog futures rebound on technical bounce
Chicago cattle futures firm
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures recovered from contract lows on a round of technical buying on Tuesday, traders said. Traders also noted the recent declines […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Hog futures extend losing streak
Feeder cattle turn higher on bargain buying
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell for the fourth straight session on Monday, with the most-active June contract hitting a new low, with traders focused […] Read more
Comment: Canada needs to push back against U.K. trade behaviour
The U.K. government hopes to use CPTPP as part of its post-EU plan, but it’s not a good deal for Canadian pork producers
Glacier FarmMedia – Sadly but predictably, the United Kingdom’s probable entry in the Asia Pacific trade deal might give it room to continue to defame Canadian meat. Since joining the […] Read more