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Cheap grain could shore up any Man. forage shortages

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin October 28, 2014

CNS Canada — Excessive moisture in some parts of Manitoba over the past few months has led to localized forage shortages heading into the winter. However, ample feed grain supplies are expected to help supplement any lack of forages. Manitoba’s Interlake region was particularly hard hit by moisture in 2014. Water levels on both Lake

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U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs turn higher on short-covering

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters October 28, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs closed higher Tuesday, supported by short-covering and speculative buying after recent market losses, traders said. December finished 1.15 cents per pound higher at 90.2 cents, and February was up 1.075 cents at 89.3 cents (all figures US$). Fund buying surfaced after the December contract broke through

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Klassen: Feeder cattle markets remain firm at feature sales

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen October 27, 2014

Western Canadian feeder cattle markets experienced extreme volatility over the past week. Strong buying interest was noted on pre-conditioned calves while unweaned bawlers traded $2-$5 per hundredweight (cwt) lower. Alberta packers showed limited interest for fed cattle due to uncertainty in wholesale beef values. However, by the weekend, fed cattle in the U.S. southern Plains

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CME to include electronic trades in livestock settlement prices

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters October 27, 2014

Chicago | Reuters –– CME Group will begin including electronic trades in the calculation of daily settlement prices for its live cattle, feeder cattle and lean hog contracts, the exchange said in a letter to its livestock customers Monday. The change, which is considered a blended settlement, will take effect from Dec. 15, pending a

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle jump with beef prices

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters October 27, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled higher on Monday, fueled by the rebound in wholesale beef prices that helped erase Friday’s market losses, traders said. October closed 1.3 cents per pound higher at 169.55 cents, and December was 0.925 cents higher at 167.825 cents (all figures US$). Monday morning’s choice

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Profitable U.S. feedlots buy more cattle in September

By GFM Network News October 24, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — The number of cattle placed in U.S. feedlots in September increased one per cent from a year ago, a government report showed on Friday. Analysts attributed the gain in part to continued profits by feedlots that allowed them to purchase more young calves, or feeder cattle, to fatten. The U.S. Department

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle pare initial gains before USDA report

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters October 24, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled lower on Friday, pressured by profit-taking ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle-On-Feed report, traders said. Most analysts expect Friday’s report at 2 p.m. CT to show placements of cattle in U.S. feedyards likely grew last month compared with a year ago.

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U.S. livestock: Cash price record lifts CME live cattle to new high

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters October 23, 2014

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures touched a new high on Thursday in response to record-high prices for market-ready, or cash, cattle, traders said. Cash cattle in Texas and Kansas fetched $170 per hundredweight (cwt), up $6 from last week, and surpassed an all-time high of $166 set in parts of

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Ex-Cargill beef plant worker fined in Alta. court

By GFM Network News October 22, 2014

Reuters — A former worker at Cargill’s High River, Alta. beef plant has been fined for tampering with wastewater samples required by the province, Alberta officials said Wednesday. Cargill Ltd., the Canadian division of the privately held U.S. company, was required by Alberta to study the plant’s wastewater, and limit the amount of phosphorus discharged

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rebound with beef prices

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters October 22, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Wednesday erased Tuesday’s losses, aided by short-covering and the upswing in wholesale beef prices, traders said. October closed up 1.5 cents, to 168.05 cents per pound, and December was 1.05 cents higher at 168.1 cents/lb. (all figures US$). Wednesday morning’s choice wholesale beef price

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Cheap grain could shore up any Man. forage shortages

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs turn higher on short-covering

Klassen: Feeder cattle markets remain firm at feature sales

CME to include electronic trades in livestock settlement prices

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle jump with beef prices

Profitable U.S. feedlots buy more cattle in September

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle pare initial gains before USDA report

U.S. livestock: Cash price record lifts CME live cattle to new high

Ex-Cargill beef plant worker fined in Alta. court

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rebound with beef prices

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