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U.S. livestock: Hog futures rally for second day
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rally for second day

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. lean hog futures rallied 3.7 per cent on Monday to their highest level since January, with strength in the cash market leading the way, traders said. But cattle futures weakened, setting back from Friday’s gains amid plentiful supplies. Chicago Mercantile Exchange April lean hogs settled 2.3 cents higher at 62.85 […] Read more
Travel plans
Fruit/Vegetables, Guide Business, Livestock

Travel plans

They farm better because they travel, say Alex and Kelty and Jordan and Alyson McKay. Besides, it makes life so much richer

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Reading Time: 8 minutes After catching the travel bug before they were old enough to drive, Alex and Jordan McKay made seeing the world a priority during their early 20s and 30s. With the encouragement of their parents, they took every opportunity to travel they could. There had to be compromises, naturally. With a thriving farm business to run […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Hogs dip from two-week high, await trade news
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs dip from two-week high, await trade news

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures retreated on Wednesday after four straight sessions of gains in a technical and profit-taking setback from two-week highs as investors awaited new developments in U.S.-China trade negotiations. Cattle futures also fell broadly, although worries about a late-winter snowstorm forecast for the beef cattle-producing U.S. Plains underpinned the […] Read more
A beagle. (BPretorius/iStock/Getty Images)
Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

U.S. to train more beagles to sniff out swine fever

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. government will increase the number of dogs used to sniff out illegal pork products at airports and seaports in an effort to keep out a contagious hog disease that has spread across Asia and Europe, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday. The disease, African swine fever, can […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Hog futures set two-week peak on pork price hopes
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hog futures set two-week peak on pork price hopes

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures jumped to two-week highs on Tuesday amid hopes for increased pork prices, which have been under pressure from large supplies and weakened demand from China. Wholesale pork prices, known as the cutout, rose by $1.01 on Monday to $62.93/cwt for carcasses, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market sends mixed signals

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling markets were steady to $4 lower while calves were steady to $2 higher. Barley prices have jumped $3-$6 per tonne over the past week, with winter conditions hindering off-farm logistics. Alberta packers were buying fed cattle in the range of $149-$150 last week; however, in Nebraska, fed cattle […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle retreat on profit-taking
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle retreat on profit-taking

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures closed lower on Monday as investors booked profits after contract highs hit on Friday, traders said. Managed funds hold a large net long position in Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures, leaving the market vulnerable to bouts of long liquidation. The funds expanded their net long in […] Read more
(Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Hogs, Livestock

One Alberta PED case deemed ‘false positive’

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Reading Time: 2 minutes The third of four reported on-farm outbreaks of porcine epidemic diarrhea in Alberta so far this year can now be marked as a negative. The provincial government and hog producer agency Alberta Pork on Monday announced the first of two cases reported Friday was in fact a “false positive.” Specifically, Alberta Pork said Monday, the […] Read more

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