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Staff, hog shortages leave Canada’s pork industry squealing

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News October 14, 2014

Winnipeg/Chicago | Reuters — Shortages of hogs and packing plant workers in Canada, exacerbated by recent government restrictions, may severely cut hog processing and pork exports, helping to keep North American retail pork prices near record highs. Farmers in Canada, the world’s third-biggest pork shipper, are also bracing for the spread of a deadly virus […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle plunge limit-down

By GFM Network News October 14, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle contracts closed down the maximum three-cents-per-pound daily price limit as live cattle contracts slid and corn prices climbed, traders said. Expensive feed could increase input costs for feedlot operators. “Today you’ve got the combination of lower cattle and higher corn in a thinly traded feeder […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock

CFIA reviewing reports of abuse at Alta. hog assembly yard

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News October 11, 2014

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency plans to review claims of abuse of hogs at an Alberta hog stockyard, as footage purported to show the alleged incidents makes its way toward network TV. The CTV program W5 is scheduled to air a segment Saturday night (Oct. 11) featuring hidden-camera footage supplied by the Canadian arm of […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end mostly lower as stocks slide

By GFM Network News October 10, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts slumped on Friday, pressured by triple-digit Wall Street losses and a firmer U.S. dollar, traders said. U.S. stocks fell on Friday, with the tech sector weighing the most after a chip maker warned of a major pullback in the industry. Continued broader market liquidation […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. sees 2015 pork output topping beef for first time in 62 years

By GFM Network News October 10, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. government on Friday raised its pork production forecast for the calendar year ending September 2015 that shows pork surpassing beef for the first time since 1952, as hog farmers rapidly recover from a deadly pig virus. In the monthly World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), the U.S. Department […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock

Manitoba hog farm ‘not truly’ PED-infected

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News October 9, 2014

A hog nursery/finisher operation ruled to be Manitoba’s fifth case of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) is now proven to have been PED-negative all along. The province’s chief veterinary office (CVO) reported Thursday that the site has now been taken off the list of confirmed on-farm cases of PED in Manitoba. The unnamed farm in Manitoba’s […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle fall from record high as stocks plunge

By GFM Network News October 9, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Thursday, off an earlier record high, pressured by profit-taking following Wall Street’s tumble, traders said. U.S. stocks fell nearly two per cent on concerns over the pace of economic growth. Consumer caution about the economy could hurt demand for U.S. goods, including […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

Feed ingredient unlikely to spread PED, experts say

By GFM Network News October 8, 2014

Chicago/Paris | Reuters — The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said Wednesday an animal-feed supplement suspected of spreading a deadly pig virus is not likely to transmit the disease if manufacturers follow proper safety measures. Multiple studies suggest spray-dried porcine plasma, a supplement containing pigs’ blood that is fed to piglets, is not a […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Chicago live cattle again post record high

By GFM Network News October 8, 2014

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures marked a record high for a second straight day on Wednesday in anticipation of firmer prices for slaughter cattle this week, traders said. October closed up 0.325 cent per pound at 166.1 cents, and December at 168.05 cents, up 0.2 cent (all figures US$). Investors […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Strong prices, low feed costs reviving pork industry

By GFM Network News October 7, 2014

CNS Canada –– Recent strong prices, paired with low feed costs, are increasing profitability for Canadian hog farmers and helping to revive the pork industry. “We are seeing some of the idle barns that were taken out of production three years ago starting to come back into production,” said Brad Marceniuk, livestock economist with Saskatchewan’s […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle hit contract highs on tight supply

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Hogs

Staff, hog shortages leave Canada’s pork industry squealing

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle plunge limit-down

CFIA reviewing reports of abuse at Alta. hog assembly yard

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end mostly lower as stocks slide

U.S. sees 2015 pork output topping beef for first time in 62 years

Manitoba hog farm ‘not truly’ PED-infected

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle fall from record high as stocks plunge

Feed ingredient unlikely to spread PED, experts say

U.S. livestock: Chicago live cattle again post record high

Strong prices, low feed costs reviving pork industry

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