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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs gain on pre-holiday technical buying

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock futures were mostly higher on Tuesday, with some hog and cattle contracts hitting multi-month peaks on technical buying ahead of Wednesday’s U.S. Independence Day holiday, traders and analysts said. CME July lean hog futures climbed to their highest since Feb. 26, settling up 0.525 cent to 83.725 […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures limit up on better cash sales

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures surged by their three cents/lb. daily price limit on Friday, boosted by investment fund buying and better-than-expected sales in cash cattle markets, traders and analysts said. Feeder cattle futures also climbed by their daily limit, of 4.5 cents/lb., tracking the higher prices in the more […] Read more
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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hog futures higher on spreading

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures were narrowly higher in bull-spreading on Thursday as some investors exited positions in nearby contract months ahead of a quarterly government supply report that was released after the close of trading. The U.S. Department of Agriculture in the report said the U.S. hog herd as of June […] Read more
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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Early-week cash prices buoy CME live cattle

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed higher on Wednesday, lifted by initial prices for market-ready, or cash, cattle and short-covering after recent market losses, traders said. Thinly traded June futures, which will expire on Friday, led advances. Some investors bought that contract and simultaneously sold deferred months in a trading strategy […] Read more
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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs bounce back on bargain buying

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures finished higher on Tuesday after short-covering and bargain buying reversed recent market losses amid trade fears, analysts said. Hog farmers in the U.S. may face another wave of higher tariffs by China, which placed stiff retaliatory duties on U.S. pork imports in early April. CME hogs […] Read more
Multi-storey hog hotels elevate Chinese industrial farms to new levels
Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

Multi-storey hog hotels elevate Chinese industrial farms to new levels

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Reading Time: 4 minutes Yaji Mountain, China | Reuters — On Yaji Mountain in southern China, they are checking in the sows 1,000 head per floor in high-rise “hog hotels.” Privately-owned agricultural company Guangxi Yangxiang Co. Ltd. is running two seven-floor sow breeding operations, and is putting up four more, including one with as many as 13 floors that […] Read more
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Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Hog prices steadying as barbecue season nears

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — With barbecue season on the horizon, prices for Canadian pork rose during the week ended April 27, breaking out of their month-long fall. The timing could be perfect, as negotiators have already begun working on improving trade relations and cancelling proposed tariffs on Chinese imports of U.S. pork and other goods. “Prices […] Read more
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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

USDA to evaluate new release schedule for livestock reports

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is analyzing information and surveying the livestock sector to determine whether the agency should change the times it releases cattle and hog reports, a top agency official said on Tuesday. USDA is open to changing its schedules in 2019 if the review indicates that is warranted, […] Read more

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