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Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures sink to multi-month lows

By Reuters, Tom Polansek, GFM Network News April 12, 2024
Technical selling, fund liquidation and demand concerns drove Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures to multi-month lows on Friday, analysts said.

Dairy farmer Brent Pollard walks past and examines the cow pen at a cattle farm in Rockford, Illinois, U.S., April 9, 2024.  REUTERS/Jim Vondruska
General, Livestock, Reuters

Bird flu pushes US dairy farmers to ban visitors, chop trees

North Carolina joins total states reporting outbreaks of avian influenza dairy herds

By Reuters, Tom Polansek, GFM Network News April 11, 2024
Dairy farmers in the United States are raising their defenses to try to contain the spread of bird flu: banning visitors, cutting down trees to discourage wild birds from landing, and disinfecting vehicles coming onto their land.


FILE PHOTO: Cattle gather in the shade in Tennessee Colony, Texas, U.S. August 3, 2023. REUTERS/Evan Garcia/File Photo
General, Livestock, Reuters

Bird flu dairy cow outbreak widens in Ohio, Kansas, New Mexico

By Reuters, Tom Polansek, GFM Network News April 4, 2024
Bird flu has infected a dairy herd in Ohio for the first time and was detected in additional herds in Kansas and New Mexico, according to the U.S. government, expanding an outbreak in cows that has raised concerns about possible risks to humans.

FILE PHOTO: Test tubes labelled “Bird Flu” and eggs are seen in this picture illustration, January 14, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Livestock, Reuters

Bird flu hits Texas dairy cows, hens, human as ducks migrate

[Change management: career change] Outbreak may have started a month ago after mysterious illness affected 40 per cent of Texas dairy cattle

By Reuters, Tom Polansek, GFM Network News April 3, 2024
Migratory waterfowl are to blame for widening avian-flu outbreaks in Texas cows and poultry, and wild birds carrying the virus should be heading north soon, state Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said.


Prices for feed barley and feed wheat in Alberta are higher than last year.  Photo: Canada Beef
Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures slide to two-month lows

Data signals producers still sending cattle to slaughter instead of rebuilding the U.S. herd

By Reuters, Tom Polansek, GFM Network News March 26, 2024
Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures tanked on Tuesday on fund selling and as markets remained under pressure from bigger-than-expected U.S. feedlot placements, brokers said.

Photo: zmeel/E+/Getty Images
Livestock, Reuters

US detects avian flu in milk, says dairy supplies are safe

By Reuters, Tom Polansek, GFM Network News March 25, 2024
Samples of milk collected from sick cattle in Kansas and Texas tested positive for avian flu, but the nation's milk supply is safe, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Monday.


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General, Livestock, Reuters

Tyson Foods to close Iowa pork plant with 1,200 workers

Packer's pork business saw loss of $128 million in last fiscal year

By Reuters, Tom Polansek, GFM Network News March 11, 2024
Tyson Foods will permanently close a pork plant in Perry, Iowa, the meatpacker said on Monday, eliminating jobs for about 1,200 workers.

Photo: Deyanarobova/iStock/Getty Images
Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs end down after setting contract highs

CME cattle futures advance

By Reuters, Tom Polansek, GFM Network News March 5, 2024
Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures ended lower on profit-taking on Tuesday after the market set contract highs in deferred months, analysts said.


iStock / Getty Images
Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs retreat in nearby contract after rally

Cattle futures declined in a retreat from rallies on Friday

By Reuters, Tom Polansek, GFM Network News March 5, 2024
Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures on Monday ended lower in the front-month contract in a setback from strong recent gains, traders said.

Photo: File
Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle slide on profit-taking

June hogs set highest price in nearly a year

By Reuters, Tom Polansek, GFM Network News February 28, 2024
Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures crumbled on Wednesday on profit-taking after the market reached a four-month high this week, analysts said.


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