Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures plunged on Monday on market uncertainty following news of a human case of avian influenza in a person who had contact with infected dairy cows.
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U.S. livestock: CME cattle plunge as bird flu fears spark speculative selloff
U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures slide to two-month lows
Data signals producers still sending cattle to slaughter instead of rebuilding the U.S. herd
Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures tanked on Tuesday on fund selling and as markets remained under pressure from bigger-than-expected U.S. feedlot placements, brokers said.
Barn temperature for hogs about more than just air
Contact surfaces also impact pig thermal condition
To a pig, heat is about more than air temperature. Unfortunately, many hog producers don’t realize that. “We have to think about all the other surfaces in the barn that the pig can be in contact with for conduction, or just exposed to,” said North Carolina State University swine specialist Suzanne Leonard. For instance, barns might need
Detective work solves swine sickness mystery
Maple Leaf official recounts challenges faced while trying to put a stop to a Streptococcus zooepidemicus outbreak
Glacier FarmMedia – When a multiplication pig barn came down with a Streptococcus zooepidemicus outbreak in March 2019, Maple Leaf Foods staff scrambled to figure out what it was and how to treat it. At first, they dealt with it as suggested by worldwide veterinary authorities. Believing the gilts were over the illness, they were sent into four sow
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle reach 5-month peak, end lower in technical setback
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures ended lower on Thursday in a technical and profit-taking setback after rising to five-month highs on firm cash cattle prices, traders said.
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures extend rally on cash market hopes; hogs lower
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures extended their rally on Wednesday, as market hopes for continued gains in the cash market gave prices a strong boost, market analysts said.
U.S. cattle: Cattle futures bounce higher on technical trading, hogs mixed
Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures firmed on Tuesday, amid a flurry of technical trading, weakness in corn futures Cv1 and strength in the wholesale beef pricing, market analysts said.
U.S. livestock: CME livestock futures mostly lower on technical trading
Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock futures closed mostly lower on Monday, as market participants sought profits and continued to adjust their positions as part of the so-called Goldman roll, traders said.
U.S. livestock: CME lean hog futures touch three-week low
CME live cattle futures also declined in range-bound trade
Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell on Wednesday for a third straight session in largely technical trade, analysts said, with the benchmark April contract LHJ24 dipping to a three-week low.
U.S. livestock: Hogs end down after setting contract highs
CME cattle futures advance
Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures ended lower on profit-taking on Tuesday after the market set contract highs in deferred months, analysts said.
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