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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, hog futures settle mixed

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters February 10, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished mixed on Monday as investors bought the February contract and sold deferred months as they priced in last week’s cash returns, traders said. February live cattle closed up 0.3 cent per pound at 141.5 cents and April ended down 0.225 cent at 140.175 cents

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U.S. livestock: Short-covering, cash trade support CME cattle

By GFM Network News, Meredith Davis February 7, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ended higher on Thursday supported by short-covering and expectations of at least steady cash trade, traders said. “The packers have tried to buy cattle on their own terms, but the supplies are so tight,” said Lane Broadbent, analyst at KIS Futures. “It appears they may

A+W — whose Root Bear mascot is shown here in March 2013, opening the chain’s 100th restaurant in Quebec — booked higher same-store sales in 2013, partly crediting its “Better Beef” campaign. (CNW Group/A+W Food Services of Canada Inc. )

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A+W ‘pleased with progress’ from no-hormone burger push

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 6, 2014

The year-end financials for Canada’s second-biggest burger chain find its recasting of its beef as produced with “no added hormones or steroids” has so far been “positively received” by diners. The A+W Revenue Royalties Income Fund and A+W Food Services of Canada announced their fourth-quarter and year-end results Thursday, booking sales of $278.1 million for

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U.S. livestock: CME cattle pressured by anticipation of lower cash trade

By GFM Network News, Meredith Davis February 6, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ended slightly lower on Thursday, pressured by expectations of lower cash trade, and weaker wholesale beef prices, traders said. Beef packers will be reluctant to pay higher prices for cattle in the cash market as wholesale beef prices come off recent highs and their profit

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Fire temporarily shuts Cargill Nebraska beef plant

By GFM Network News, Meredith Davis February 6, 2014

Reuters — Cargill said its beef processing plant in Schuyler, Neb. was closed early Thursday due to a fire and an ammonia leak. The causes of the fire and ammonia leak are unknown at this time. Damage to the plant was still being assessed, but no injuries were reported, said Cargill spokesman Michael Martin. Both production

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U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs surge, cattle firm

By GFM Network News, Meredith Davis February 5, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures jumped more than one per cent on Wednesday, fueled by firm cash hog prices and fund buying, traders said. Heavy snowfall and cold temperatures across a large portion of the U.S. Midwest and Plains regions also lent support to hog futures due to uncertainty about

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Taiwan grants access to Canadian bone-in beef

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 5, 2014

Correction from source, Feb. 5 — Taiwan has formally agreed to accept imports of bone-in beef and additional beef products from Canadian cattle under 30 months of age (UTMs). The agreement between Taiwan and Canada is set to take effect 30 days after its signing on Monday, the Canadian government announced Wednesday — thus pegging

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end lower, hogs firm

By GFM Network News, Meredith Davis February 4, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures retreated on Tuesday, pressured by technical selling and by anticipation of softer cash prices in the near term, traders and analysts said. The CME February live cattle contract fell below the 20-day moving average, triggering some technical selling, a trader said. There was talk of

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Patience pays with grass-finished beef

Retail-level profits for 30-month-old beef more than double that of 18-month-old beef

By Daniel Winters February 4, 2014

In the grass-finished beef business, keeping a yearling an extra year is worth the wait. In fact, one could hardly afford to do otherwise, because those extra 12 months can mean the difference between profit and loss, Jim Lintott told a presentation on grass-fed beef production at Ag Days. Lintott, a grass-finisher and marketer from

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Klassen: Fed cattle prices continue to support feeder market

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen February 3, 2014

Strength in fed cattle prices in Alberta reached up to an astonishing $148.50 per hundredweight (cwt) last week, which spilt over into the feeder complex. Larger volumes of heavier feeder cattle are coming on the market, with backgrounding operations liquidating fall-placed calves, but this did little to stem the upward momentum. Overall, feeder cattle were

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, hog futures settle mixed

U.S. livestock: Short-covering, cash trade support CME cattle

A+W ‘pleased with progress’ from no-hormone burger push

U.S. livestock: CME cattle pressured by anticipation of lower cash trade

Fire temporarily shuts Cargill Nebraska beef plant

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs surge, cattle firm

Taiwan grants access to Canadian bone-in beef

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end lower, hogs firm

Patience pays with grass-finished beef

Klassen: Fed cattle prices continue to support feeder market

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