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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle extend losses, hogs mixed

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters June 24, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle losses on Tuesday spilled over into Wednesday, pressured by sell stops and fund liquidation despite sharply higher wholesale beef values, traders said. June closed 1.325 cents per pound lower at 150.675 cents (all figures US$). August finished down 1.5 cents at 150.325 cents after falling below

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CME’s futures pit closures delayed to July 6 or later

By GFM Network News, Reuters June 23, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– CME Group said Tuesday it will delay the closure of its open-outcry futures markets in Chicago and New York by at least one trading day due to a technical revision in its filing with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The final open-outcry session is now expected to be on July

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle retreat, hogs end mixed

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters June 23, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle turned lower on Monday, pressured by profit-taking and futures’ modest premiums to last week’s cash prices, traders said. June closed 0.45 cent per pound lower at 152 cents, and August was down 0.075 cent, to 151.825 cents (all figures US$). Futures changed from being at a

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures turn back early selling

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters June 22, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Monday, reversing initial weakness helped by short-covering and the morning’s wholesale beef price bounce, traders said. June closed up 0.55 cents per pound at 152.45 cents, and August 1.225 cents higher at 151.9 cents (all figures US$). Monday morning’s wholesale choice beef

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

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters June 19, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Friday gained for the first time in seven sessions, partly buoyed by short-covering and positioning before the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed report at 2 p.m. CT. Analysts on average expect Friday’s report to show 7.2 per cent fewer cattle placed

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle down sixth straight day

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters June 18, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures lost ground for a sixth straight session on Thursday, pressured by cash price caution for this week, traders said. June closed down 1.525 cents per pound to 150.425 cents, and August 1.3 cents lower at 149.35 cents (all figures US$). Market-ready (cash) cattle bids in

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Progress on COOL, but Canada still threatening retaliation

U.S. Senate and Obama administration need to act quickly, warns Agriculture Minister Ritz

By Alex Binkley June 18, 2015

While the House of Representatives has voted strongly to repeal the country-of-origin labelling program, the Senate and the Obama administration need to act quickly as well, warns Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. Otherwise Canada along with Mexico will be putting their case for retaliatory duties to a special meeting of the World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement

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U.S. seeks arbitration at WTO over COOL-related sanctions

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 17, 2015

The U.S. government has mounted a new defense at the World Trade Organization for its meat label law, this time seeking arbitration against Canada’s request for trade sanctions. The WTO Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) had been scheduled Wednesday to hear Canadian trade officials’ request to authorize over $3 billion in tariffs on U.S. goods, in formal retaliation

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle ease while awaiting cash prices

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters June 17, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Wednesday, weighed by caution ahead of this week’s cash prices, traders said. June closed down 0.1 cent per pound, to 151.95 cents, and August 0.575 cent lower at 150.65 cents (all figures US$). Cash cattle bids in the U.S. Plains were at

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle again close mostly firm

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters June 16, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — For a second straight session most Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts finished in modest positive territory on Tuesday pegged to bear spreading and speculative buying, traders said. The spreads consisted of traders who sold June futures ahead of its expiration on June 30 and simultaneously bought deferred months. June closed

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle extend losses, hogs mixed

CME’s futures pit closures delayed to July 6 or later

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle retreat, hogs end mixed

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures turn back early selling

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

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle down sixth straight day

Progress on COOL, but Canada still threatening retaliation

U.S. seeks arbitration at WTO over COOL-related sanctions

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle ease while awaiting cash prices

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle again close mostly firm

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