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U.S. livestock: CME hogs end firm on fund buying, higher wholesale pork

By GFM Network News, Meredith Davis April 7, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Fund buying boosted Chicago Mercantile Exchange hogs more than one per cent on Monday while wholesale pork prices also underpinned prices, traders said. Hog futures rose late in the session as traders actively bought summer hog contracts. The CME April hog contract rose 1.52 per cent due to its discount to

A full court of U.S. Court of Appeal judges will rehear a July 2013 request from North American meat and livestock groups for a preliminary injunction against the U.S. government’s mandatory COOL rule. (Canada Beef Inc. photo)

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U.S. appeal court to reconsider whether to block COOL

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

A U.S. appeals court which last month rejected North American meat and livestock industry groups’ plea to halt U.S. mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL) on meat has scrapped its own ruling and will re-hear the groups’ case in May. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit announced Friday it has vacated the

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Toronto pork packer in creditor protection

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 4, 2014

Ontario’s hog farmers are still processing news that a mainstay of the Toronto meat packing industry is in creditor protection. Quality Meat Packers and its Toronto Abattoirs arm have been granted 30 days’ creditor protection Thursday to “evaluate restructuring alternatives,” Ontario Pork reported Friday morning. Ontario Pork, which represents the province’s 1,500-plus hog producers, said

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U.S. livestock: Supply issues send CME hogs plummeting, cattle soaring

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter April 3, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Capping yet another day of volatile livestock trading, Chicago Mercantile Exchange hogs closed down Thursday, recovering somewhat after prices went limit-down midday in response to ongoing uncertainty over the impact of a deadly swine virus on the nation’s hog herd. In contrast, fears over tight beef and cattle supplies in the

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U.S. livestock: Fund liquidation erases CME hogs’ new high

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters April 2, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hogs on Wednesday slumped on profit-taking and fund liquidation that pulled futures down from a high set earlier in the session, traders said. Fund selling and sell stops developed after the June contract fell below the 20-day moving average of 127.209 cents (all figures US$). April hogs closed

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U.S. livestock: CME hogs hit new high, led by discount to cash prices

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters April 1, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hogs on Tuesday set a new high after recovering some of Monday’s hefty losses, helped by short-covering and futures’ discount to prices for market-ready or cash hogs. CME’s hog index, a two-day barometer reflecting cash prices, was at a record-high 129.87 cents, which surpassed the previous high of

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Manitoba’s hog industry holding the line against PED

Discovery of Delta coronavirus at six Ontario sites shows a ‘portal’ is letting in new diseases, says vet

By Daniel Winters April 1, 2014

Biosecurity measures undertaken by all sectors of the hog industry have managed to hold the line against the highly contagious porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, (PEDv). Manitoba has experienced just one infected premise in Manitoba and two positive swabs at high hog traffic areas, said Karl Kynoch, chair of the Manitoba Pork Council. “That’s hugely positive

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U.S. livestock: CME hogs close lower on bearish hog data

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter March 31, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hogs closed lower on Monday, recovering somewhat from a limit-down open in response to a recent bearish USDA hog report. CME feeder and live cattle were also lower, with feeders pressed by a jump in Chicago Board of Trade corn prices after the government forecast U.S. farmers would

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U.S. hog herd decline less than expected despite PEDv

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters March 28, 2014

Reuters — The U.S. hog herd shrank less than feared in the latest quarter compared with a year earlier, leaving it well above average trade forecasts, a U.S. Department of Agriculture report showed Friday. The data suggests the spread of the deadly porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) was not as devastating to the herd during

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U.S. livestock: CME hogs end firm in choppy action before USDA report

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters March 28, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures settled firmer on Friday after a volatile day of trading before the highly anticipated U.S. Department of Agriculture quarterly hog report at 2 p.m. CT. Analysts’ estimates for USDA’s Friday report varied widely, reflecting uncertainty about how much the data will account for the impact of

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U.S. livestock: CME hogs end firm on fund buying, higher wholesale pork

U.S. appeal court to reconsider whether to block COOL

Toronto pork packer in creditor protection

U.S. livestock: Supply issues send CME hogs plummeting, cattle soaring

U.S. livestock: Fund liquidation erases CME hogs’ new high

U.S. livestock: CME hogs hit new high, led by discount to cash prices

Manitoba’s hog industry holding the line against PED

U.S. livestock: CME hogs close lower on bearish hog data

U.S. hog herd decline less than expected despite PEDv

U.S. livestock: CME hogs end firm in choppy action before USDA report

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