Hogs & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator

Fibre could be key to reducing sow aggression

Changes to swine nutrition must benefit the producer’s bottom line, not just increase a barn’s throughput

By Shannon VanRaes April 15, 2014

Changes are coming to Manitoba’s hog barns, and for Denise Beaulieu that means it’s time to revaluate swine nutrition. With hog prices improving and feed costs declining, the Prairie Swine Centre nutrition expert said pork producers should be looking at new input models and investigating ways to increase net profits through feed efficiency. “For the

Hogs, Livestock

USDA seen considering mandatory reports of PEDv outbreaks

By GFM Network News, Meredith Davis, Tom Polansek April 14, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. government is considering rules that would require outbreaks of a deadly pig virus to be reported to the government in an effort to improve tracking of the disease, which has already spread to 30 states, an industry group said Monday. Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) has killed millions of

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Fund buying sends CME hogs mostly higher

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters April 14, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog contracts gained ground on Monday with help from fund buying and anticipation of reduced production in the weeks ahead, traders and analysts said. Some packing plants plan to be dark during the Easter holiday weekend, limiting their need for hogs. Processors have already cut operations as

Hogs, Livestock

Condition of barn key to conversion costs

It might not add up to the total cost it will take to convert sow barns to open housing, but group housing has financial benefits

By Shannon VanRaes April 11, 2014

When Denise Beaulieu asked a group of pork producers if they’re planning to convert their barns over to group housing in the next couple years, not a single hand went up. “We know it’s coming up, we know at some point we have to do this,” said Beaulieu, a nutrition expert at the Prairie Swine

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U.S. livestock: Fund buying extends CME live cattle gains

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters April 11, 2014

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle gained for a fourth straight day on Friday on short-covering and fund buying after futures broke through technical resistance levels, traders said. April live cattle closed up 0.85 cents per pound to 144.85 cents, after topping the 10-day and 20-day moving averages of 144.255 and 144.756

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U.S. livestock: CME hogs, live cattle finish mostly lower

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters April 10, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hogs settled mostly lower on Thursday following a choppy day of trading. Lead-month April hogs, which will expire on April 14, drew support from its discount to CME’s hog index at 128.62 cents (all figures US$). Profit-taking stirred by nervousness about market-ready, or cash, hog prices in the

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PEDv found in hogs at W. Manitoba site

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 10, 2014

Veterinary officials in Manitoba are following up with hog farmers who’ve taken animals through an unnamed “high-traffic site” after a “small number” of hogs held there were confirmed positive for porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED). In its preliminary investigation, the office of Manitoba’s chief veterinary officer (CVO) finds it likely that the PED-positive pigs picked up

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME hogs settle higher after volatile session

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters April 9, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hogs finished higher on Wednesday with June up the three-cent limit as fund buying and short-covering beat back early losses, traders said. Futures raced to catch up to CME’s hog index at 129.19 cents (all figures US$). April hogs closed up 1.725 cents per pound to 125.025 cents,

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Livestock price insurance plan now taking applications

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

With applications now available, Western Canada’s cattle and hog producers are being encouraged to consider the new federal/provincial livestock price insurance plan as a risk management tool against unexpected price drops. The Western Livestock Price Insurance Program (WLPIP), announced in January, is an insurance policy product offering protection against an unexpected drop in prices of

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME hogs tumble on slowing pork demand, weak cash market

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume April 8, 2014

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures tumbled Tuesday on slowing demand for pork, in a session disrupted by technical problems that halted trading on the exchange’s Globex electronic platform near the close. Before Globex was restored nearly an hour later, brokers were forced to execute orders in the exchange’s open-outcry trading

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Hogs

Fibre could be key to reducing sow aggression

USDA seen considering mandatory reports of PEDv outbreaks

U.S. livestock: Fund buying sends CME hogs mostly higher

Condition of barn key to conversion costs

U.S. livestock: Fund buying extends CME live cattle gains

U.S. livestock: CME hogs, live cattle finish mostly lower

PEDv found in hogs at W. Manitoba site

U.S. livestock: CME hogs settle higher after volatile session

Livestock price insurance plan now taking applications

U.S. livestock: CME hogs tumble on slowing pork demand, weak cash market

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