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U.S. livestock: Cash price bounce sends CME hogs mostly higher

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters May 13, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures gained on Tuesday, driven by short-covering in response to higher prices for slaughter-ready or cash hogs, traders said. Aside from the CME May hog contract, which will expire on Wednesday, remaining months gained as packers spent more for supplies to accommodate the rest of this

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U.S. livestock: CME hog futures end mixed as cash prices move lower

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters May 12, 2014

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures closed mixed on Monday after market-ready or cash hog prices pressured nearby contracts, but the “roll” by funds supported back months, traders said. Monday afternoon’s hog price in the Iowa/Minnesota market dropped $2.42 per hundredweight (cwt) from Friday to $108.35, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said

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U.S. livestock: Cheaper corn pushes CME feeder cattle to record high

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters May 9, 2014

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures on Friday hit a record high, boosted as corn prices fell after the government’s bearish crop report, traders said. U.S. corn futures fell more than one per cent after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s forecast for rising global supplies. Cheaper feed could ease input costs

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PEDv found in hogs on second SE Manitoba farm

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 9, 2014

A finisher operation in Manitoba’s livestock-intensive southeast has been confirmed as the second farm in the province to host hogs with porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED). According to the office of Manitoba’s provincial chief veterinary officer (CVO), the new case was identified while the CVO was investigating a PED-positive sample from an unnamed “high-traffic site.” The

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Higher bacon prices still to come, analyst says

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin May 8, 2014

CNS Canada — Rising pork prices and shrinking bacon packages have made headlines across Canada recently — but consumers should prepare to spend even more for bacon over the next few months, as processors between the farmer and the grocery store are still seen to be losing money. Western Canadian hog producers are currently experiencing

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U.S. livestock: CME hogs end mixed as funds roll into new months

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters May 8, 2014

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures closed mixed on Thursday as funds sold, or rolled, the June contract and bought deferred months, traders said. Funds trading in CME’s hogs and live cattle markets shifted June long positions further back in a procedure known as the “roll” by followers of the Standard +

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PED could cut U.S. output by seven per cent in 2014: Rabobank

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters May 7, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — A pig virus sweeping across farms in the U.S. could cut pork production as much as seven per cent this year, a far steeper decline than the government has forecast, according to agribusiness research firm Rabobank. Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) has killed about seven million baby pigs since it was

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U.S. livestock: Fallen cash prices extend CME hogs’ losses

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters May 7, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures fell on Wednesday for a seventh straight session, led by lower market-ready, or cash, hog prices, traders said. The morning’s hog price in Iowa/Minnesota fell $2.41 per hundredweight (cwt) from Tuesday to $111.72, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (all figures US$). “The trade is

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Toronto’s Quality Meat Packers officially bankrupt

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 7, 2014

One of the last remnants of Toronto’s “Hogtown” past has formally gone bankrupt, in a move expected to permanently close the doors and strip out the assets at Quality Meat Packers and its Toronto Abattoirs arm. The two pork-packing and -processing companies in early April filed a notice of intention for a proposal to restructure

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EU toughens rules on imports in response to PEDv

By GFM Network News May 6, 2014

Brussels/Paris | Reuters — European Union officials on Tuesday agreed on new rules for the treatment of imported pigs’ blood for use in animal feed, but decided against changing the rules on importing live pigs even though a deadly virus has caused major losses to the U.S. pig industry. In a statement, the European Commission

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U.S. livestock: Cash price bounce sends CME hogs mostly higher

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures end mixed as cash prices move lower

U.S. livestock: Cheaper corn pushes CME feeder cattle to record high

PEDv found in hogs on second SE Manitoba farm

Higher bacon prices still to come, analyst says

U.S. livestock: CME hogs end mixed as funds roll into new months

PED could cut U.S. output by seven per cent in 2014: Rabobank

U.S. livestock: Fallen cash prices extend CME hogs’ losses

Toronto’s Quality Meat Packers officially bankrupt

EU toughens rules on imports in response to PEDv

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