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U.S. livestock: CME nearby live cattle firm, deferred months weak

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 16, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were mostly weaker on Monday, with traders locking in profits after prices rose on Friday. Lingering concerns over a snowstorm that covered northern areas of the Midwest and Plains provided support to some nearby contracts, a trader said. But overall, supplies were expected to remain […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

U.S. to export pork to Argentina after 26 years

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News April 13, 2018

Washington/Chicago | Reuters — U.S. pork exporters will soon be free to ship meat to Argentina for the first time in 26 years after the two countries thrashed out an agreement to overturn an Argentinian import ban. The deal is a sliver of good news for U.S. farmers facing trade tariffs and disruption to exports […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle settle mixed, hogs firmer

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 13, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle April futures on Friday drew support from late-week cash price strength, while profit-taking weighed on the June contract, said traders. Short-covering and technical buying underpinned deep-deferred trading months, they said. April live cattle closed 1.325 cents/lb. higher at 117.075 cents (all figures US$). June ended down […] Read more

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Kubota to relocate Canadian warehousing

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News April 13, 2018

Japanese tractor and equipment maker Kubota’s Canadian arm plans to decamp its warehousing and head office next year for a new “state of the art” space 25 km east. Kubota Canada announced Thursday it will move those operations from Markham, Ont. to a new facility it will build at Pickering by the end of 2019. […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

U.S. to take another look at Pacific trade pact

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 12, 2018

Washington | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump has asked his trade advisers to look at rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a multinational trade pact he withdrew the U.S. from last year, White House spokeswoman Lindsay Walters said. Republican senators met with Trump on Thursday and he told them that he has asked U.S. Trade Representative […] Read more

Canadian drought conditions at March 31, 2018. (Drought Monitor map, Agr.gc.ca)

Prairie drought conditions improve

By GFM Network News April 12, 2018

CNS Canada — While drought conditions in Western Canada have improved following late-season snowfall, it isn’t a completely rosy picture just yet. “We have seen significant departures from normal in terms of precipitation (on the Prairies over) a long period. The winter hasn’t been above average (for precipitation) so there hasn’t been a whole lot […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, hogs close higher

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 12, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle hit a two-week high Thursday, driven by short-covering and futures’ discounts to this week’s prices for slaughter-ready, or cash, cattle, said traders. Remaining cash prices in parts of the northern U.S. Plains might benefit from tight cattle supplies along with forecasts for heavy snow and high […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, hogs end mostly firmer

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 11, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts closed firmer on Wednesday as investors digested initial prices for slaughter-ready, or cash, cattle while bracing for hefty supplies ahead, said traders. Market participants are also monitoring forecasts for a weekend snowstorm in the northern U.S. Plains that could disrupt livestock production in the […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end mixed as market weighs big supply

By GFM Network News April 11, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were mixed on Tuesday as the spot contract rose on its discount to the cash market while deferred months drifted lower under heavy supplies of cattle, traders said. CME April live cattle closed up 0.775 cent/lb. at 112.8 cents, edging up ahead of the contract’s […] Read more

(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs jump on short-covering

By GFM Network News April 9, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rallied more than three per cent on Monday in a short-covering and bargain-buying rebound from life-of-contract lows posted last week, traders said. Some contracts, including actively-traded June, rose by as much as the daily three-cent limit as a steady slide in prices over the past […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end lower

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Pigs

U.S. livestock: CME nearby live cattle firm, deferred months weak

U.S. to export pork to Argentina after 26 years

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle settle mixed, hogs firmer

Kubota to relocate Canadian warehousing

U.S. to take another look at Pacific trade pact

Prairie drought conditions improve

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, hogs close higher

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, hogs end mostly firmer

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end mixed as market weighs big supply

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs jump on short-covering

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