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Beijing to release frozen pork to temper price rise

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 5, 2016

Beijing | Reuters –– Beijing will release 3.05 million kilograms of frozen pork from its reserves over the next two months to combat rising pork prices, the city government said on Wednesday. Starting from Thursday and lasting until July 4, the Beijing municipal government will sell 50,000 kg of pork each day to 121 supermarket chains […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

Maple Leaf dishes up first-quarter profit

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 4, 2016

Reuters — Canadian meat processor Maple Leaf Foods reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit, helped by higher earnings in its prepared meats business. Adjusted operating earnings in the meat products segment rose nearly eight-fold to $61.3 million in the Toronto company’s first quarter, helped by lower operating costs and price increases. The company, whose brands include […] Read more

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Hogs, Livestock, Machinery

West’s hog farmers urged to insist trailers cleaned in Canada

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News April 29, 2016

Hog industry officials in Western Canada want hog producers to insist that livestock trailers coming to their farms be washed at certified Canadian cleaning facilities — even if the trailers were just cleaned on the U.S. side of the border. The recommendation comes as a federally-approved trailer-wash pilot project, credited with helping to keep porcine epidemic diarrhea […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Pork prices gain on seasonal demand, tighter numbers

By GFM Network News April 25, 2016

CNS Canada — Western Canadian cash hog prices have been trending higher as supplies tighten and demand increases moving into the summer, two Prairie analysts say. “A lot of that has to do with lower slaughter numbers, higher pork cutout values,” said Brad Marceniuk, a livestock economist with the Saskatchewan government in Saskatoon. Hog numbers […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

Russian farming firm to test investor appetite

By GFM Network News April 21, 2016

Moscow | Reuters — Russian farming conglomerate Rusagro launched a secondary share offering on Thursday which will test foreign appetite for Russian assets. Share sales by Russian companies have been rare since Western sanctions imposed in 2014 over Ukraine cut access to foreign capital markets and after a sharp drop in global oil prices, the […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

U.S. to revoke pig drug approval over cancer risk concern

By GFM Network News April 8, 2016

Reuters — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday moved to revoke approval of a drug used to treat certain conditions in pigs because it could leave a cancerous residue that may affect human health. The drug, carbadox, is made by Teaneck, N.J.-based Phibro Animal Health and is used to control swine dysentery and […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hog futures jump on fund buying, USDA report

By GFM Network News March 28, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures closed higher on Monday, driven by short-covering and fund buying after contracts broke through technical resistance levels, traders said. They said last Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture quarterly hog report stirred additional deferred-month buying. The survey showed modest U.S. herd growth during the December-February quarter […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. hog herd ekes out new high as PED impact ebbs

By GFM Network News March 28, 2016

Reuters — The U.S. hog herd in the December-February quarter modestly grew from a year earlier to a record high for that quarter, according to Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture quarterly hog report. Farmers cautiously added to herds while shoring up their bottom lines following the surge in hog numbers as the industry recovers from […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle snaps back in anticipation of cash prices

By GFM Network News March 4, 2016

Chicago/Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts rose on Friday, paring recent losses as investors pulled futures closer in line with expectations for cash prices later on Friday, traders said. April closed 0.900 cent per lb higher at 136.350 cents, and June ended up 0.850 cent to 126.475. “We’re just playing catch up to […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

Maple Leaf profit beats as margins improve

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 1, 2016

Reuters — Canadian pork processor Maple Leaf Foods posted a better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit as margins in its prepared meats business improved. Adjusted operating profit in the meat products group, which includes brands such as Schneiders and the company’s namesake Maple Leaf brand, was $54.6 million, compared with a year-ago loss of $19.1 million. The Mississauga-based […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

Hogs

Beijing to release frozen pork to temper price rise

Maple Leaf dishes up first-quarter profit

West’s hog farmers urged to insist trailers cleaned in Canada

Pork prices gain on seasonal demand, tighter numbers

Russian farming firm to test investor appetite

U.S. to revoke pig drug approval over cancer risk concern

U.S. livestock: Hog futures jump on fund buying, USDA report

U.S. hog herd ekes out new high as PED impact ebbs

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle snaps back in anticipation of cash prices

Maple Leaf profit beats as margins improve

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