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U.S. livestock: Bargain hunting, USDA report boost CME live cattle

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Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished higher on Monday, fueled by bargain hunting and short-covering following a four-day losing streak, traders said. Spot-October closed one cent per pound higher at 137 cents, and December ended up 1.375 cents, to 139.75. Traders said CME live cattle were further supported by Friday’s
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Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME cattle repeat lows before USDA report

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Friday sank to new contract lows, and hit their lowest in 16 months, for a third consecutive session, pressured by lackluster wholesale beef demand, traders said. Investors exercised caution before the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed report today at 2 p.m.
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Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock

McDonald’s investor wants it to cut antibiotics in all meats

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Los Angeles | Reuters –– A McDonald’s Corp. shareholder group is renewing its call for the fast-food chain to stop buying any meat from animals raised with antibiotics vital to fighting human infections. The move from the Congregation of Benedictine Sisters of Boerne, Texas, comes amid growing concern from public health experts that the overuse
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Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

NAFTA countries debate COOL harm at WTO

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Canada and Mexico have made their case before a World Trade Organization arbitration panel on how much tariff revenge they’re allowed to impose on U.S. goods over country-of-origin labelling (COOL). The WTO “has ruled four times that the U.S.’s COOL rules are discriminatory,” Canadian Pork Council chairman Rick Bergmann said in a council release Wednesday
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Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME live, feeder cattle ease to 16-month low

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Thursday hit a 16-month bottom, falling to contract lows for a second straight session, on lower wholesale beef values and further cash price weakness, traders said. Spot-October closed 0.75 cent/lb. lower at 136.85 cents, and earlier marked a contract low of 136.525 (all figures
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Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME live, feeder cattle sink to new contract lows

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures slumped to fresh contract lows on Wednesday, and October dropped by the three-cent-per-pound daily price limit, on liquidation ahead of possibly lower cash prices later this week, traders said. Spot-October closed at 137.6 cents, its new contract low (all figures US$). December ended at 139.475
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Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Hogs, Livestock

Yukon to help cover livestock vets’ travel costs

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The Yukon government has launched a pilot program to help cover veterinarians’ travel and service expenses for farm calls. The territory government on Tuesday announced it will accept up to 30 farmers for the pilot of the Veterinary Services Program, running from now to the end of March 2016. The program will reimburse participating veterinarians

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