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U.S. livestock: Hog futures rebound with pork prices

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters February 27, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs on Friday bounced back from Thursday’s losses, sparked by the uptick in wholesale pork values, traders said. April futures closed up 0.325 cents per pound, to 67.475 cents, with May 0.6 cents higher at 79.9 cents (all figures US$). Friday afternoon’s wholesale pork price jumped $2.38

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U.S. livestock: Profit-taking breaks CME hogs’ six-day win streak

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters February 26, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs fell on Thursday for the first time in seven days, pressured by profit-taking on the eve of February’s final trading day, traders said. April futures closed 2.175 cents per pound lower at 67.15 cents, with May down 2.6 cents at 79.3 cents (all figures US$). Some

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U.S. livestock: CME hogs post more gains on cash prices

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters February 25, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs posted their sixth straight higher settlement on Wednesday as prices for market-ready (cash) hogs edged upward, traders said. April futures closed 0.75 cent per pound higher at 69.325 cents, and May up 2.85 cents at 81.9 cents (all figures US$). Wednesday morning’s average cash hog price

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Pork packers Olymel, Atrahan plan ‘partnership’

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 25, 2015

Meat packer Olymel has a “partnership” pact in hand with a competing Quebec pork player for joint operation of both companies’ hog slaughter and processing businesses. Olymel, the pork and poultry arm of La Coop federee, announced an agreement in principle Wednesday with family-owned packer Atrahan Transformation, to start talks on “pooling our operations in

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U.S. livestock: CME hog futures rise again with cash prices

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters February 24, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hogs rose for a fifth session in a row on Tuesday, helped by short-covering in response to rising prices for market-ready (cash) hogs, traders said. April futures closed 0.25 cent per pound higher at 68.575 cents, and May up 0.8 cent, to 79.05 cents (all figures

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U.S. livestock: CME hogs rally on cash prices, port dispute end

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters February 23, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs finished higher on Monday on strong cash prices and the resumption of cargo loading following Friday’s West Coast port labour agreement, traders said. CME hogs drew more support from the dockworker deal because the U.S. exports more pork than beef and poultry. Monday morning’s average market-ready

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PEDv is now a ‘new normal’ for hog producers

Swine seminar participants told that despite its virulence, the disease can be managed

By Ron Friesen February 20, 2015

For Dr. Sue Burlatschenko, the most striking thing about porcine epidemic diarrhea virus in swine is the eerie silence when you enter infected nursery barns, because the baby pigs are either sick or dead and the sows are too ill to rise. “You walk into a barn at feeding time and you won’t hear a

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slump before USDA report

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters February 20, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle fell Friday on lower cash prices before the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle-On-Feed report at 2 p.m. CT, traders said. Analysts expect Friday’s report to show a sizable drop in the number of cattle placed into feedlots last month. This week, market-ready (cash) cattle in

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Love to eat eggs? U.S. panel now says they’re not a health risk

By GFM Network News February 19, 2015

New York | Reuters — Egg and red meat lovers may find reason to rejoice in a decision by a U.S. advisory health panel to remove warnings about dietary cholesterol, saying that there is no link to dangerous levels of blood cholesterol that cause disease. The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee until now had recommended that

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U.S. livestock: Improved fundamentals extend CME hogs’ advances

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters February 19, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs gained for a second straight session on Thursday, helped by firmer cash and wholesale pork prices, traders said. April futures closed up 2.825 cents per pound at 67.05 cents, and May 2.325 cents higher at 76.725 cents (all figures US$). Thursday morning’s average market-ready (cash) hog

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Russia’s top agriculture official blames low global grain prices for export slowdown

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U.S. livestock: Hog futures rebound with pork prices

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking breaks CME hogs’ six-day win streak

U.S. livestock: CME hogs post more gains on cash prices

Pork packers Olymel, Atrahan plan ‘partnership’

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures rise again with cash prices

U.S. livestock: CME hogs rally on cash prices, port dispute end

PEDv is now a ‘new normal’ for hog producers

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slump before USDA report

Love to eat eggs? U.S. panel now says they’re not a health risk

U.S. livestock: Improved fundamentals extend CME hogs’ advances

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