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Charles de Pellette, Operations Director of the restaurant, poses for a picture next to U.S. beef and pork in a smokehouse, at Home Plate BBQ, an American-style restaurant, in Beijing, China April 17, 2025. Photo: Reuters/Tiffany Le
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US beef off the menu as the trade war hits Beijing’s American-style restaurants

US beef exports to China worth $125 million a month at risk

Beijing | Reuters – At Home Plate BBQ, an American-style restaurant in Beijing, staff are reprinting menus. The U.S.-China trade war means American beef – once the star ingredient – will soon be off the table. Home Plate’s beef, previously sourced entirely from the U.S., is increasingly Australian. The restaurant uses about 7 to 8
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Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Losses for cattle, upswing in hog prices

Upswing in hog prices

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Live and fed cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange  were lower on Thursday, while those for lean hogs were higher. The June live cattle contract retreated 3.175 cents at 195.200 cents per pound. May feeder cattle futures dropped 2.900 cents at 275.300 cents per pound. The USDA reported wholesale boxed beef prices were lower
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Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Closing higher after Trump announces tariff pause

But boosts duties on China to 125 per cent

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Live and fed cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were stronger on Wednesday, after United States President Donald Trump announced he will pause his reciprocal tariffs for 90 days. Trump said the suspension of the levies comes as more than 75 countries were set to negotiate trade with the U.S. or had not taken
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Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Prices mixed amid upticks in futures and equities

Boxed beef prices either side of steady as well.

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Live and fed cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were largely mixed on Tuesday, not quite able to fully join the upswing in the futures and equities markets. United States President Donald Trump is determined to add another 50 points to its tariffs on the country’s imports from China. Together with previous and current
Riverside Hutterite Colony gets top honours
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Riverside Hutterite Colony gets top honours

Riverside Hutterite Colony near Arden, Man. won first place at the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair’s 2024 Pork Quality Competition

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Western Manitoba producers swept the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair Pork Quality Competition, with the Riverside Hutterite Colony winning top spot for their hog carcass entry.
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Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Tariffs pull down beef, pork

Export sales, monthly census reports issued

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Live and fed cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were lower on Thursday, following the trend in most North American futures and stock markets. The downturn came after United States President Donald Trump announced his wide-ranging reciprocal tariffs on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued its export sales report for the week
Gene-edited pigs get consumer traction
Livestock

Gene-edited pigs get consumer traction

A company developing pigs through gene editing, which will be resistant to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), found the public was largely neutral or positive about the idea

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Canadian and U.S. farmers may get pigs resistant to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) in the not-too-distant future, but the public has to accept the gene editing used to develop them.

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