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CME August 2021 live cattle (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle ease as cash market diverges

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures eased for a third session on Friday as futures markets tried to read conflicting cash markets, traders said. “We have the (U.S.) south backed up on cattle, trying to get cattle moved through,” said Scott Varilek, broker at Kooima Kooima Varilek Trading Inc. “There’s tighter

CME August 2021 live cattle (candlesticks) with 100-day moving average (red line) and August 2021 lean hogs (pink open/high/low/close). (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle ease as beef demand cools

CME lean hog futures mostly firm

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek July 8, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures dropped for a second day, following U.S. boxed beef prices lower as seasonal demand cools. “You’re still seeing boxed beef pull back, which is normal, seasonally,” said Matthew Wiegand, Risk Management Consultant at FuturesOne. “We’re past the Fourth of July — we don’t have a

CME August 2021 live cattle (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (pink, brown and dark red lines). (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures, boxed beef prices drop

Average hog weights down on week

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek July 7, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures approached a four-week low on Wednesday as U.S. beef prices declined. The drop in futures extended a four per cent setback from a contract high that most-active August live cattle reached last month. Prices for beef shipped to wholesale buyers in large boxes have also

Hogs, News

Mexico blocks pork shipments from world’s biggest hog plant in U.S.

By Tom Polansek July 7, 2021

Reuters – Mexico blocked all shipments from the world’s largest pork plant in North Carolina due to concerns about the quality of hog skins from the Smithfield Foods facility, the company said June 21. The halt in shipments from the plant in Tar Heel, in eastern North Carolina, is a hit to the U.S. pork

CME August 2021 feeder cattle (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (pink, brown and dark red lines). (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle futures jump as grain costs tumble

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek July 7, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures climbed on Tuesday as a steep slide in grain prices made animal feed costs look cheaper, traders said. Traders are keeping a close eye on the grain markets after supply fears drove prices to eight-year highs during the spring. Corn and soy futures surged last

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Op/Ed, Opinion

Opinion: Public trust and modern agriculture

Don’t dread the public’s newfound interest — treat it as an opportunity

By Cam Dahl July 6, 2021

I find that many farmers react to the words “public trust” like a cat running across hot pavement. The subject is often viewed as a threat, seen by some as rhetorical cover for those who want to dismantle modern agriculture. While I understand the reaction, I have a different response. I see public questions on

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Hogs, Livestock

Olymel strike talks delayed to mid-month, union says

Quebec hog plant's workers on strike since late April

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News July 6, 2021

A two-months-and-counting strike at a major Quebec hog slaughter and processing plant is expected to continue through to mid-July at the earliest due to scheduling issues, the workers’ union says. The Syndicat des travailleurs d’Olymel Vallee-Jonction-CSN — which represents over 1,000 striking workers at Olymel’s plant Vallee-Jonction, about 60 km southeast of Quebec City —

Hogs, Livestock

Maple Leaf to buy four Saskatchewan hog barns

Pork processor plans future upgrades

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News July 3, 2021

Two sow barns and two nursery hog barns in central Saskatchewan are set to become the property of meat processor Maple Leaf Foods. Toronto-based Maple Leaf announced Wednesday it plans to buy the four barns from Polar Pork, a group of farms spearheaded by members of the Possberg family — well known as the founding

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: Lean hog futures ease on China demand worries

CME August live cattle down

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek July 3, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures weakened in the two most-active contract months on Friday as traders continued to dial in expectations for waning Chinese demand, analysts said. China, the world’s biggest pork consumer, has sought to rebuild its hog herd after it was decimated by an outbreak of the deadly pig

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hogs drop as domestic, export demand seen weak

CME August cattle futures up

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub July 2, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures fell sharply on Thursday as traders priced in expectations for waning demand after the U.S. Independence Day holiday this weekend. Signs of poor demand from China, which has been a big buyer of U.S. pork since an outbreak of African swine fever decimated production in the

Daily Network News

Russian grain ship believed sunk in Ukrainian drone attack found, towed to shore, TASS says

Striking JBS workers to return to Colorado plant on promise of talks

Canadian finance minister talks supply chain integrity, pork tariffs with Chinese vice premier

Pork

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle ease as cash market diverges

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle ease as beef demand cools

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures, boxed beef prices drop

Mexico blocks pork shipments from world’s biggest hog plant in U.S.

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle futures jump as grain costs tumble

Opinion: Public trust and modern agriculture

Olymel strike talks delayed to mid-month, union says

Maple Leaf to buy four Saskatchewan hog barns

U.S. livestock: Lean hog futures ease on China demand worries

U.S. livestock: Hogs drop as domestic, export demand seen weak

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