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File photo of cattle in an Alberta feedlot. (Geralyn Wichers photo)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Live cattle set fresh highs, lean hogs slide

By Geralyn Wichers April 29, 2025
Chicago live cattle futures settled around contract highs, Tuesday, while lean hogs fell.

Photo: Smederevac/Getty Images Plus
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Smithfield Foods says tariffs make China unviable market for its US pork

By Reuters, Tom Polansek April 29, 2025
China, the world's biggest pork consumer, is no longer a viable market for top U.S. pork processor Smithfield Foods due to retaliatory tariffs by Beijing, company executives said on Tuesday.


Photo: Geralyn Wichers
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Chicago lean hogs resume climb

By Geralyn Wichers April 25, 2025
Chicago lean hog futures resumed an upward trajectory on Friday after Thursday's dip while live cattle fluctuated on either side of unchanged.

(Dragos Cojocari/iStock/Getty Images)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hogs slip on news China cancelled some U.S. pork shipments

By Geralyn Wichers April 24, 2025
Most Chicago lean hog futures slid on Thursday as the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported China had canceled 12,000 metric tons of U.S. pork exports in the week ending April 17.


Photo: Smederevac/Getty Images Plus
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise, nearby hogs edge down

By Geralyn Wichers April 23, 2025
Chicago cattle futures continue to rise on Wednesday while nearby lean hog contracts edged downward.

 Photo: Jacqueline Nix/iStock/Getty Images Plus
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle resume climb, hogs gain

By Geralyn Wichers April 22, 2025
Chicago cattle futures resumed their upward trajectory on Tuesday after Monday's dip, which had been influenced by threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to sack the Federal Reserve chair.


Photo: Canada Beef
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U.S. livestock: Cattle lower amid broad selling pressure

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 21, 2025
Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were lower on Monday, retreating from early gains as the livestock markets found themselves caught up in the broad weakness triggered by threats from United States President Donald Trump to remove Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell.

Manitoba’s wild pigs not headed for population boom, expert says
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Manitoba’s wild pigs not headed for population boom, expert says

The co-ordinator for Manitoba’s Squeal on Pigs program says our cold climate wild swine situation isn’t comparable to U.S.

By Geralyn Wichers April 21, 2025
The co-ordinator for Manitoba’s Squeal on Pigs program says our cold climate wild pig situation isn’t comparable to the feral swine issues being fought in the U.S.


(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle rise as USDA reports decline in inventory; hogs gain

By Geralyn Wichers April 17, 2025
Chicago live cattle and feeder contracts rose on Thursday as the USDA's cattle on feed report showed cattle inventory down two per cent compared to one year ago.

(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle contracts climb ahead of cattle on feed report

By Geralyn Wichers April 16, 2025
Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle and hogs made healthy gains on Wednesday ahead of this month's cattle on feed report.


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