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Olymel to lay off Que. hog plant staff, cancel hog orders

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Quebec pork and poultry packer Olymel has cancelled hog orders from Ontario and plans to lay off non-union staff at one of its hog slaughter plants next week, citing “force majeure” as the plant’s unionized workers walk the picket line. Workers represented by CSN (Confederation des syndicats nationaux) at Olymel’s Vallee-Jonction hog plant in Quebec’s
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Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle up again on cash prices, USDA report

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Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished higher for a fifth straight session on Monday, fuelled by last week’s better-than-expected cash prices, traders said. Packers paid $163 to $165 per hundredweight (cwt) for market-ready or cash cattle in the U.S. Plains on Friday, up from $161 to $162.50 the previous week,
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PHOTOS: A pork chop workshop

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After seven years of conferences, Food Matters Manitoba decided to try a more hands-on event this year. It held a “Pork Chop Workshop” at The Food Studio in Winnipeg March 14, with participants learning how to take a hog carcass down to meal-sized portions. Manitoba Co-operator reporter Shannon VanRaes attended with her camera and recorded
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Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Olymel hog plant workers hit the bricks in Quebec

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Unionized workers at Olymel’s hog slaughter and processing plant in Quebec’s Beauce region have walked off the job and rejected the meat company’s “final” contract offer. Olymel’s corporate communications spokesman Richard Vigneault confirmed the workers, represented by CSN (Confederation des syndicats nationaux), went on strike Wednesday evening. CSN, in a release Thursday, said 841 of
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Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures hit five-year low as supply trumps demand

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Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures sank to their lowest level in five years on Thursday, given ample supplies versus slack pork demand, said traders and analysts. “Pork demand never recuperated from the high prices we had in the past,” said EBOTTrading.com senior analyst John Kleist. Pork demand is compounded by
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Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle close higher, hogs lower

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Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed sharply higher on Wednesday, with April and June up by the three-cents-per-pound price limit, led partly by their discounts to this week’s cash price expectations, traders said. April and June finished at 156.575 and 148.475 cents/lb., respectively (all figures US$). Futures’ limit will be
(Canada Beef Inc. photo)
Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle turn up on beef prices, hogs mixed

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Tuesday erased some of Monday’s losses, supported by short-covering in response to strong wholesale beef values, traders said. April closed up 0.375 cent per pound, to 153.575 cents, and June 0.5 cent higher at 145.475 cents (all figures US$). Tuesday morning’s choice wholesale beef

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