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U.S. livestock: CME hog futures end weaker, but off lows

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters March 13, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs extended losses for a seventh consecutive session Friday on downward-trending cash and wholesale pork prices, traders said. April closed 0.2 cent per pound weaker at 62.1 cents, and May 0.825 cent lower at 71.425 cents (all figures US$). Friday morning’s average market-ready or cash hog price

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Brazilian beef exporters weigh WTO case against EU

By GFM Network News March 12, 2015

Brasilia | Reuters — Brazilian meat exporters are considering taking the European Union to the World Trade Organization to challenge restrictions on their beef shipments to one of the world’s top markets, the head of the country’s beef exporters association told Reuters. A new dispute could further harm trade ties frayed by an EU case

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U.S. livestock: CME hog futures pare losses but remain weaker

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters March 12, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs closed lower for a sixth straight session on Thursday, and set fresh contract lows, plagued by a host of bearish fundamentals, traders said. April closed 1.825 cents per pound lower at 62.3 cents, and earlier made a new contract low of 61.125 cents in electronic trading

(Regis Lefebure photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

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U.S. livestock: CME hog futures slump on strong dollar, bird flu woes

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters March 11, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell three per cent Wednesday, with deferred contracts making new lows, on the strong dollar and bird flu in Arkansas, traders said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday confirmed the case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a commercial turkey flock in Arkansas. Investors

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures mixed as dollar, stocks weigh

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters March 10, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts closed mixed on Tuesday, with nearby futures helped by their discounts to recent cash prices, while back months bowed in part to outside market pressure. April closed 0.75 cent/lb. higher at 154.75 cents, and June up 0.1 cent at 146.25 cents (all figures US$). August

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Klassen: Higher fed cattle prices pull up feeder values

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen March 9, 2015

Fed cattle in Alberta were trading at $191 this past week, which set a positive tone in the feeder complex. Across the Prairies, heavier quality replacements over 700 pounds posted gains of $2 to $4 while lighter-weight cattle were $3 to $5 higher compared to seven days earlier. Feedlot margins improved with break-even pen closeouts

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Message to cattle producers: Don’t cut back on BSE testing

The latest BSE case only increases the need for Canada to test 30,000 animals yearly

By Alexis Kienlen March 9, 2015

Keep calm and carry on testing. That’s the message going out to producers following the latest case of BSE in an Alberta cow. “At times like this, it’s as important, if not more so, to continue with surveillance and be vigilant,” Canadian Food Inspection Agency official Craig Price told attendees at the recent Alberta Beef

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U.S. livestock: Profit-taking undermines CME live cattle

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters March 9, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle ended lower on Monday, pressured by profit-taking and funds that sold or “rolled” April contracts and simultaneously bought deferred months, traders said. Funds involved in CME’s livestock markets that follow the Standard + Poor’s Goldman Sachs Commodity Index (S+P GSCI) shifted their April positions in a

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures jump with cash prices

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters March 6, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle settled higher on Friday, driven by short-covering in response to strong preliminary cash prices, traders said. April closed 1.375 cents per pound higher at 154.65 cents, and June ended up 1.075 cents at 147.1 cents (all figures US$). A small number of market-ready (cash) cattle in

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U.S. livestock: CME hogs drop with cash, wholesale pork prices

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters March 5, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs turned lower on Thursday, pressured by weaker cash and wholesale pork prices, traders said. April and June closed 1.175 cents per pound lower at 66.825 cents and 77.45 cents, respectively (all figures US$). Wholesale pork prices slumped $1.49 to $68.49 per hundredweight (cwt) on Thursday morning

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U.S. livestock: CME hog futures end weaker, but off lows

Brazilian beef exporters weigh WTO case against EU

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures pare losses but remain weaker

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures slump on strong dollar, bird flu woes

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures mixed as dollar, stocks weigh

Klassen: Higher fed cattle prices pull up feeder values

Message to cattle producers: Don’t cut back on BSE testing

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking undermines CME live cattle

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures jump with cash prices

U.S. livestock: CME hogs drop with cash, wholesale pork prices

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