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CME August 2021 lean hogs (candlesticks) with 20- and 100-day moving averages (pink and brown lines) and August 2021 live cattle (dark red line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. livestock: Lean hog futures touch one-week high

CME August live cattle up

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures touched a one-week high on Tuesday in a rebound from recent losses, while live cattle futures were mixed. The hog market is recovering after dropping last week to a nine-week low, traders said. Hopes for improved export demand helped support prices, traders said. CME August
CME August 2021 lean hogs (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (pink, brown and black lines) and August 2021 live cattle (dark red open/high/low/close). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rally as China buys pork

Cattle futures, beef cutout values lower

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures rose three per cent on Monday, supported by rising demand as China moved to buy pork for its reserves to shore up the domestic market, traders said. China’s state planner said on Monday that central and local governments will start buying pork for state reserves to
CME August 2021 lean hogs (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (pink, brown and black lines) and August 2021 live cattle (dark red open/high/low/close). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hog futures firm on technical buying

Cattle futures up ahead of USDA placements report

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures firmed on Friday, supported by technical buying after sagging to their lowest in nearly three months on Thursday, traders said. CME August hog futures, the most actively traded contract, ended up 1.075 cents at 99.775 cents (all figures US$). The wholesale U.S. pork carcass cutout price
CME July 2021 lean hogs (candlesticks) with 20- and 100-day moving averages (pink and brown lines) and August 2021 live cattle (dark red open/high/low/close). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: July hogs limit-down to lowest since late March

August live cattle down, feeders up

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures tumbled to their lowest in nearly three months on Thursday with rising supplies pressuring the market, traders said. CME July hogs settled down the 4.5-cent daily trading limit at 100.025 cents/lb. (all figures US$). That was the lowest for the front-month contract since March 29. Actively
There is a perception that jobs in the food-processing sector are undesirable.
Livestock, News

Animal protein’s bad rap is affecting recruitment: global experts

Canadian food and beverage companies struggle to fill vacancies — for meat processors it’s even worse

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[UPDATED: June 25, 2021] Poor perception of meat, food and beverage production is negatively affecting worker recruitment, says a group of food labour experts. “It isn’t that hard to find well-educated people for the meat alternatives but it is hard to find people for the more classic, the meat protein industry,” said Michiel Dekkers, a
CME August 2021 lean hogs (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (pink, brown and black lines) and August 2021 live cattle (dark red line). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hog futures fall as cash pork prices slide

Cattle futures, beef cutout values lower

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell sharply on Wednesday, with the front-month Chicago Mercantile Exchange contract sinking 2.8 per cent to its lowest in more than two months. Weakness in the cash market pressured hog futures, traders said. CME July hogs settled down three cents at 104.525 cents/lb., its lowest since April
Our thinking about vaccinations is evolving for the better
Beef cattle, Livestock

Our thinking about vaccinations is evolving for the better

Beef 911: We want the best bang for our vaccine buck, and research is looking for ways to do that

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This article will focus on some recent work on vaccination by Dr. Nathan Erickson and others at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine. They basically had different calf groups vaccinated with different respiratory virus products in different ways, and measured the results. They solidified some knowledge we have about how we vaccinate our calves, but
CME August 2021 lean hogs (candlesticks) with 20- and 50-day moving averages (pink and brown lines) and August 2021 live cattle (red open/high/low/close). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hogs firm after five days of declines

CME August live cattle, feeder cattle up

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures firmed on Tuesday, with the front-month contract snapping a five-session losing streak on some mild bargain-buying and short-covering, traders said. But concerns about waning export demand for U.S. supplies from China and Mexico kept the gains in check and hog futures remained near two-month lows. Mexico blocked
CME October 2021 feeder cattle (candlesticks) with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market percolating higher

Weakness in feeder futures seen as temporary hiccup

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Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices were $1-$4 higher on average; calves were steady to $2 higher. Limited volume of calves under 600 lbs. made the market hard to define; however, strong demand was surfacing across all weight categories. The weaker Canadian dollar, along with stronger live cattle futures, set a positive tone.

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