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CME October 2020 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. livestock: Live cattle step back after eight-session climb

Hog sector seen having 'curbed expansion'

By GFM Network News August 17, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures pulled back on Monday in profit taking ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Cattle on Feed report at the end of the week, traders said. Live cattle fell for the first day after eight sessions of gains. The pullback reflects uncertainty about the USDA

Hogs, Markets

China June pork imports jump 128.4 per cent on year

By Reuters August 14, 2020

China imported 400,000 tonnes of pork in June, customs data showed recently, up 128.4 per cent from the same month a year earlier, as a months-long buying spree continued as importers try to help plug a domestic shortage. China’s pork output declined by about a fifth in the first half of 2020 after an epidemic

Hogs, News

Contingency plans tentatively in place for Brandon pork plant closure

No plans to close Maple Leaf Foods plant in Brandon despite COVID-19 cases, union calls to do so

By Geralyn Wichers August 11, 2020

“Every effort” will be made to find processing capacity for hogs if Brandon’s Maple Leaf Foods plant closes due to a cluster of COVID-19 cases there says Manitoba Pork. “I want to emphasize there is no plan being put in place to shut down the plant in Brandon,” Manitoba Pork general manager Andrew Dickson told

CBOT October 2020 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures fall after bearish export reports

By GFM Network News, Reuters August 7, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog and cattle futures fell on Thursday, pressured by signs of declining export demand for U.S. supplies. The U.S Agriculture Department on Thursday morning said that beef export sales totaled 15,100 tonnes in the week ended July 30, down 50.8 per cent from the 30,700 tonnes reported a

Hogs, Livestock

Union seeks temporary halt for major Manitoba hog plant

Four Maple Leaf plant staff now COVID-positive

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News August 7, 2020

The union for about 2,000 workers at Maple Leaf Foods’ main Canadian hog slaughter and packing plant is calling for the company to put the brakes on production, pending further tests for COVID-19 among employees. United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 832 said Thursday it was “made aware” late Wednesday night of three more

Hogs, Livestock, Other

COVID-19 case confirmed at Maple Leaf hog plant

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff August 5, 2020

A worker at Maple Leaf Foods’ hog slaughter and processing plant at Brandon, Man. is recovering at home after testing positive for COVID-19, the Manitoba Co-operator has reported. The company said it received word over the long weekend about the case. Citing its own review of the situation and consultation with public health officials, the

Workers and excavators are seen at a construction site of a new pig farm in Beijing’s eastern Pinggu district.

Hogs, News

Cheek by jowl

China pork crisis spurs pig farms’ return to cities

By Dominique Patton, Hallie Gu July 22, 2020

Reuters – China is building industrial pig farms near its urban areas, reversing years of policies to relocate the livestock over waste concerns, as the government prioritizes food security over the environment after African swine fever decimated its herds. The world’s biggest pork consumer will add about 200 million pigs by constructing new farms around

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures drift lower on beef demand worries

Hog futures down off Monday's rally

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen July 15, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) fell on Tuesday for a second straight session on weak wholesale beef prices and worries about consumer demand, given uncertainty about the health of the U.S. economy, traders said. CME August live cattle futures settled down 0.85 cent at 98.8 cents/lb. and

CME August 2020 lean hogs with 20- and 50-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hogs up on pork demand, export optimism

Feeder cattle up on lower corn prices

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen July 14, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures rose on Monday on signs of improving demand for pork products and optimism about export demand from China as the Asian country struggles with renewed outbreaks of a hog disease, traders said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) August lean hog futures settled up 1.4 cents at 51.275 cents/lb., after

Livestock, Markets

China’s slower meat imports seen worsening its protein shortage

By GFM Network News, Reuters July 9, 2020

Beijing | Reuters — China’s dwindling pace of meat imports, thanks to its tough measures against coronavirus contamination, will provide further support for prices already buoyed by a severe shortage of pork, analysts said. Purchases of pork and other meats have soared this year after domestic production shrank 30 per cent following an outbreak of

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle rally, hogs rise

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U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat, corn end lower on broad commodities slump

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U.S. livestock: Live cattle step back after eight-session climb

China June pork imports jump 128.4 per cent on year

Contingency plans tentatively in place for Brandon pork plant closure

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures fall after bearish export reports

Union seeks temporary halt for major Manitoba hog plant

COVID-19 case confirmed at Maple Leaf hog plant

Cheek by jowl

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures drift lower on beef demand worries

U.S. livestock: Hogs up on pork demand, export optimism

China’s slower meat imports seen worsening its protein shortage

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