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‘Weak positive’ PED turns up in Alberta sample

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff January 28, 2020

A “weak positive” finding of the porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus from ongoing sampling in Alberta offers a warning that the hog disease may not have yet left the province alone. The chief provincial veterinarian’s office (OCPV) on Monday reported that the agriculture department’s lab in Edmonton on Jan. 22 found a weak PED positive

CME April 2020 lean hogs with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hogs firm, cattle mixed after limit-down moves

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub January 28, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog contacts firmed on Tuesday, edging off a 5-1/2-month low hit on Monday on a mild round of bargain buying. Cattle futures were mixed, with the most-active fed cattle contracts also bouncing slightly while live cattle futures weakened to the lowest since Oct. 21. Fears about the spread of a

Livestock, Markets

Chinese meat packing giant locks in JBS supply

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff January 27, 2020

The world’s biggest pork packer is poised to source additional beef, poultry and pork from the world’s biggest meat packing firm. Brazil’s JBS announced Monday it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Hong Kong-based WH Group for “supply and distribution of fresh beef, poultry and pork to the Chinese market” starting in the first

CME April 2020 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs limit down on coronavirus fears

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub January 27, 2020

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. hog and cattle contracts fell their daily trading limits on Monday, hitting multi-month lows on fears about the spread of a coronavirus in China. “If we thought China’s coronavirus was making the media rounds late last week, it’s a full-fledged media frenzy this morning,” INTL FCStone said in a note

Hogs, Markets

No pigging out on pork delicacies for China this Lunar New Year

By Dominique Patton, Sophie Yu January 24, 2020

For Xu, a mother and wife from central China, losing her family’s entire pig herd to African swine fever almost meant not serving the cured pork, known as la rou, and dried sausage central to her Lunar New Year meals. “I wasn’t going to make any this year, but then my son said, ‘Ma, I

Labour peace will reign again at Maple Leaf Foods in Brandon after workers have endorsed a new collective agreement.

News

Maple Leaf reaches deal with plant workers

The pork industry is breathing a sigh of relief now that Maple Leaf Foods is back on an even keel with its workers

By Alexis Stockford January 24, 2020

Production workers at Maple Leaf Foods in Brandon are celebrating after an eleventh-hour collective agreement with their employer passed muster. The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 832 branch has been in negotiations with the company since June. The previous contract, which covered 1,900 employees at the Brandon meat-processing plant, expired Dec. 31, 2019.

CME April 2020 live cattle with 20-day moving average. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle set multi-month lows as virus fears hit markets

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek January 24, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live and feeder cattle futures touched their lowest prices in months on Friday as traders booked profits amid fears about the spread of a new virus from China. Broad selling also hit hog futures, along with equities and crude oil as investors moved into safe-haven assets. Developments in the spread

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle stumble to two-month low ahead of USDA report

Lean hogs follow cutout values higher

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek January 23, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live and feeder cattle futures dropped to their lowest prices in about two months on Thursday as traders adjusted positions before a government report that is expected to show an increase in supplies. Hog futures, meanwhile, advanced to their highest prices in about two weeks. The U.S. Department of Agriculture

Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou leaves B.C. Supreme Court on a lunch break during her extradition hearing in Vancouver on Jan. 22, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Jennifer Gauthier)

Markets

Improving global ag trade may not favour Canada

By GFM Network News January 22, 2020

MarketsFarm — When it comes to improving global trade relations, a rising tide may not lift all boats. In the recently-signed Phase One trade deal between the U.S. and China, Beijing pledged to significantly increase Chinese purchases of U.S. soybeans and other agriculture goods. “Where does that leave room for Canada, given the demand side

CME April 2020 live cattle with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME cattle sag on supply expectations

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek January 22, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures weakened on Wednesday as traders prepared for a government report that is expected to confirm the nation’s supplies have expanded from a year ago. The U.S. Department of Agriculture will report on Friday that there were 11.948 million head of cattle on feed for slaughter as of Jan.

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

‘Weak positive’ PED turns up in Alberta sample

U.S. livestock: Hogs firm, cattle mixed after limit-down moves

Chinese meat packing giant locks in JBS supply

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs limit down on coronavirus fears

No pigging out on pork delicacies for China this Lunar New Year

Maple Leaf reaches deal with plant workers

U.S. livestock: Cattle set multi-month lows as virus fears hit markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle stumble to two-month low ahead of USDA report

Improving global ag trade may not favour Canada

U.S. livestock: CME cattle sag on supply expectations

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