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Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper meet at Meech Lake’s Willson House at Chelsea, Que. on Tuesday. (Deb Ransom photo courtesy PMO)
Beef cattle, Cereals, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Pulses

Talks wrap on Canada/Ukraine free trade pact

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Canada’s crop and livestock producers expect to benefit soon from a free trade agreement with Ukraine, on which the two countries’ governments have now formally completed talks. Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Tuesday, during a visit from Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, that trade negotiations between the two countries wrapped up in Kiev on July 9, and
(Canada Beef Inc. photo)
Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Beef price upswing snaps skid for live cattle

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Chicago | Reuters — For the first time in five sessions Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures landed in positive territory on Tuesday, helped by the turnaround in wholesale beef values, traders said. August closed 0.55 cent/lb. higher at 147.15 cents, and October up 0.6 cent to 150.325 cents (all figures US$). Tuesday morning’s wholesale
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PED vaccine could aid in disease fight

Developers are waiting for approval to begin clinical trials

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Pork producers may soon have a powerful new tool in the fight against porcine epidemic diarrhea or PED. The Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization’s International Vaccine Centre at the University of Saskatchewan, better known as VIDO-InterVac, is waiting for final approvals from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to begin clinical trials of a vaccine
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle sag, but off session lows

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures posted losses on Thursday, hit by slumping wholesale beef demand and initial technical selling, traders said. But, short-covering and hopes of steady-to-better cash prices than last week for unsold cattle freed contracts from morning lows, they said. August closed down 0.525 cent/lb. to 148.475 cents,
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end higher after wild ride

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Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled higher on Tuesday after a choppy session in which anticipation of stronger cash prices overshadowed slack wholesale beef demand, traders said. August closed up 0.575 cent/lb. at 151.075 cents, and October 0.55 cent higher at 154.025 cents (all figures US$). Fewer market-ready (cash) cattle
(Regis Lefebure photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hog supplies, post-holiday slump cool CME futures

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. livestock futures remained mostly sluggish on Monday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange as traders wrestled with strengthening grain prices, tight supplies of market-ready cattle, and visions of a glut of hogs straining U.S. slaughterhouse capacity in the coming months. Livestock futures trading was relatively light on an historic day at

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