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U.S. livestock: Live cattle hit contract highs on weather woes

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen March 20, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose Tuesday, with the benchmark June contract hitting a high as poor feedlot conditions in portions of the U.S. Plains raised concerns about beef supplies, traders said. Lean hogs closed lower in a profit-taking setback from contract highs set a day earlier. Fat cattle futures

MGEX May 2019 spring wheat with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat drift lower on weak export demand

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen March 19, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and wheat futures closed nearly unchanged on Tuesday, with commodity funds reluctant to add to a heavy net short position despite pressure from slowing export demand for U.S. grains, analysts said. Soybean futures declined as traders awaited news from ongoing U.S. trade negotiations with China, the world’s top soybean

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rise on pork export optimism

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen March 18, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. front-month hog futures surged on Monday, extending last week’s advances on expectations of additional export sales to China, where African swine fever has decimated the world’s largest hog herd, traders said. “We had that huge sale of pork to China last week, and the market is anticipating more sales,” said

CBOT May 2019 corn, with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn down on disappointing export data

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen March 18, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell on Monday, halting a four-session rebound from contract lows set last week, as traders worried about export prospects for U.S. grains, analysts said. Soybeans and wheat futures also declined. Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) May corn settled down 1-3/4 cents at $3.71-1/2 per bushel (all figures US$).

With over 1.3 billion people, China represents a potent market for Canada's agri-food sector.

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Comment: Huawei, SNC-Lavalin and sick pigs

Our relationship with China is a make-or-break one for Canadian aspirations to grow food exports

By Sylvain Charlebois March 18, 2019

Relations between China and Canada have never been more uncertain. The SNC-Lavalin affair has exposed the Trudeau government to attacks from Chinese authorities, who claim Canada has unfairly treated Huawei’s executive Meng Wanzhou. She was arrested in Vancouver in December, at the request of the U.S. due to allegations of a conspiracy to defraud banks.

Workers sort cuts of fresh pork in a processing plant of pork producer WH Group in Zhengzhou in China’s Henan province in this file photo, taken through glass, from Nov. 24, 2017. (File photo: Reuters/Dominique Patton)

Hogs, Livestock

U.S. seizes pork from China on swine fever concerns

By GFM Network News, Reuters March 18, 2019

Washington | Reuters — U.S. border agents have seized around one million pounds of pork from China, a spokesman for the agency said on Friday, over suspicions that it might contain African swine flu disease which has hit Chinese pork output. Federal agents have seized the supplies over the past week in New York. “The

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up as swine fever cuts Chinese herd

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub March 15, 2019

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. hog futures rallied to a five-month high on Friday, closing at their daily trading limit on improving export prospects due to a sharp reduction in China’s domestic supplies, traders said. China’s pig herd slid 16.6 per cent in February from the previous year, as African swine fever swept the country,

Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, shown here March 14, 2019 at the Montreal-Trudeau airport with Canadian border services officers and detector dogs, announced new funding to expand Canada’s detector dog corps. (CNW Group/CFIA)

Hogs, Livestock

Canada to boost airport detector dog corps

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News March 15, 2019

With African swine fever top of mind, the federal government plans to more than double the total number of detector dog teams at Canada’s airports within five years. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, speaking in Montreal Thursday, announced new funding of up to $31 million over five years to add 24 Food, Plant, and Animal Detector

(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rally on improving export prospects

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub March 15, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures jumped 3.5 per cent on Thursday, supported by signs that exports could pick up due to rising Chinese demand, traders said. China bought 23,846 tonnes of U.S. pork last week, its biggest purchase in nearly two years, U.S. Department of Agriculture data showed on Thursday. Chinese hog prices

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat rallies on short-covering

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub March 14, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures rallied on Thursday for the second time in three days, hitting their highest in more than a week as investors scrambled to unwind short positions, traders said. The short squeeze came as the winter wheat crop in the U.S. has been breaking dormancy. “I think

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U.S. livestock: Live cattle hit contract highs on weather woes

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat drift lower on weak export demand

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rise on pork export optimism

U.S. grains: Corn down on disappointing export data

Comment: Huawei, SNC-Lavalin and sick pigs

U.S. seizes pork from China on swine fever concerns

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up as swine fever cuts Chinese herd

Canada to boost airport detector dog corps

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rally on improving export prospects

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat rallies on short-covering

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