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U.S. livestock: Hog futures sink to five-month low

By Mark Weinraub, GFM Network News August 16, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) hog futures fell to a five-month low on Thursday, pressured by big supplies that overwhelmed any optimism about news that China made its biggest purchases of U.S. pork in seven weeks, traders said. The world’s largest pork consumer bought 10,211 tonnes of U.S. pork between Aug. 2-8 […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures mixed, hogs firm

By Mark Weinraub, GFM Network News August 14, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures were mixed on Wednesday, with deferred months mostly higher on bargain buying after hitting multiyear lows on Tuesday. But nearby live cattle contracts continued to weaken. The front-month contract hit its lowest level since October 2016 on expectations that the shutdown of a major beef […] Read more

File photo of cattle grazing in India. (Ashwini H/iStock/Getty Images)

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

Indian court acquits six in cow vigilante case

By GFM Network News August 14, 2019

New Delhi | Reuters — An Indian court on Wednesday acquitted six men of the killing of a 55-year-old Muslim dairy farmer, citing lack of evidence, raising questions over the prosecution’s failure to make its case despite videos of a crowd beating him in the street. The 2017 attack on Pehlu Khan and his two […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures limit down again on Tyson fire

By Mark Weinraub, GFM Network News August 13, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures plunged to multiyear lows on Tuesday, with some contract months for both live cattle and fed cattle ending at their daily trading limits for the second day in a row. Traders said the market continued to weigh the impact of a fire at a key […] Read more

Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Molasses lick-tubs for cattle can fit different needs

A useful tool for both good and poor pastures

By Peter Vitti August 12, 2019

Recently, a friend who operates a 400-head cow-calf operation drove through a quarter section of one of his pastures. He told me he made a few stops and pulled up some grass and several roots were brittle. Hundred of kilometres away, another beef producer told me his pastures had lush grass after a couple of […] Read more

CME August 2019 live cattle with 20- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle limit down after Tyson beef plant burns

By GFM Network News August 12, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures dropped their daily trading limits on Monday after a fire at a major beef plant threatened to limit demand for the animals for months, traders said. Live cattle prices settled at their lowest since July 3 while feeder cattle contract dropped to their lowest since June […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs end mixed as trade gauges trade war impact

By GFM Network News August 9, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures were mixed on Friday in choppy trading as investors weighed rising pork prices against weak cash hog values and rising concerns about pork exports to China. Spread trading steered some contracts up sharply while others, including actively traded October and December futures, retreated. “Spreads […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Weather

Beef sector sees place in UN report’s lower-emission vision

By GFM Network News August 9, 2019

While a new United Nations report on climate change and land calls for “rebalancing diets,” the policy paths it seeks are a good fit for beef cattle ranching as Canadians know it, the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association says. Responding Thursday to the report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the CCA said Canada’s […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs rally for second day

By GFM Network News August 8, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures posted strong gains for a second consecutive session Thursday, lifted by short-covering and technical buying following the market’s recent drop. Rising pork prices and solid pork exports supported the market, largely diluting concerns over U.S. trade tensions with China, the world’s top hog and […] Read more

Pork baby back ribs. (Grandriver/Getty Images)

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

Packers win dismissal of U.S. pork price-fixing suits

By Reuters, GFM Network News August 8, 2019

Reuters — A federal judge on Thursday dismissed antitrust lawsuits accusing several large U.S. pork companies of conspiring to limit the supply of pork to inflate prices and their own profits at the expense of consumers and other purchasers. Chief Judge John Tunheim of the federal court in Minneapolis said the plaintiffs failed to show […] Read more

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Livestock

U.S. livestock: Hog futures sink to five-month low

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures mixed, hogs firm

Indian court acquits six in cow vigilante case

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures limit down again on Tyson fire

Molasses lick-tubs for cattle can fit different needs

U.S. livestock: Cattle limit down after Tyson beef plant burns

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs end mixed as trade gauges trade war impact

Beef sector sees place in UN report’s lower-emission vision

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs rally for second day

Packers win dismissal of U.S. pork price-fixing suits

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