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CME August 2019 lean hogs with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs tumble for third straight session

By GFM Network News June 24, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures fell sharply for a third straight session on Monday in a technical and fund- selling drop fueled by ample supplies of hogs and pork. Actively traded nearby contracts shed more than four per cent, with losses over the past three sessions topping 10 per […] Read more

CME August 2019 lean hogs with Bollinger (20,2) bands, a gauge of market volatility. (Barchart)

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U.S. livestock: Hog futures limit down on supply glut

By GFM Network News June 21, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Hefty supplies of American pigs pushed Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures down by the daily exchange-imposed limit on Friday. Prices tumbled as the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that meat companies such as Tyson Foods and JBS USA slaughtered 462,000 hogs, up nine per cent from a year earlier. […] Read more

CME July 2019 lean hogs with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

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U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs fall as pork sales to China disappoint

By GFM Network News June 20, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures tumbled on Thursday as U.S. pork export sales to China continued to disappoint traders who have been expecting a surge of demand due to an outbreak of a fatal hog disease in China. Live cattle and feeder cattle futures also declined. Hog futures have pulled back 12 […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs up on bargain buying

By GFM Network News June 19, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures closed higher on Wednesday in light bargain-buying after last week’s slide to three-month lows, but soft cash markets and ample hog supplies hung over the market and limited rallies, traders said. CME July lean hog futures settled up 0.15 cent at 81.625 cents/lb. and […] Read more

CME October 2019 live cattle, with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle closed mixed

By GFM Network News June 18, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed mixed on Tuesday, with expectations for a weak cash trade pressuring the benchmark August contract while back months ended firm, traders said. Packers were not bidding aggressively for cattle, a factor that some traders took as a bearish signal. “The bids that were out […] Read more

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China to suspend pork imports from Quebec processor

By GFM Network News June 18, 2019

Beijing | Reuters — China will block pork imports from a third Canadian firm after a shipment was found to contain the banned feed additive ractopamine, the customs agency said on Tuesday, deepening a trade and diplomatic dispute with Canada. The firm in question is Frigo Royal, the agency said on its Wechat account. Ractopamine […] Read more

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Klassen: Feeder market shrugs off feed grain rally

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News June 18, 2019

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle prices were $2-$5 higher on average. Noted strength was in the 700-plus-lb. categories, which spilt over into the lighter calves. Quality groups of yearlings were limited and the scarcity fear factor had a grip on the market. The U.S. Department of Agriculture lowered its fourth-quarter beef production […] Read more

CME August 2019 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

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U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs, live cattle firm on bargain buying

By GFM Network News June 17, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rose about two per cent on Monday on bargain buying after multi-month lows, but a large U.S. hog supply hung over the market, capping the rally, traders said. CME July lean hog futures ended up 1.7 cents at 83.05 cents/lb. after dipping to 80.525 cents, […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs slide on fund liquidation

By GFM Network News June 14, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell more than two per cent on Friday on long liquidation and slower-than-expected export demand for U.S. pork supplies, analysts and traders said. Traders have been anticipating a jump in U.S. pork exports this year as African swine fever, a deadly hog disease, ravages China’s […] Read more

A drone captured this file photo of cattle on pasture in Brazil’s Mato Grosso state. (JoseMoraes/iStock/Getty Images)

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Brazil lifts suspension of beef exports to China

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 14, 2019

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s government said Thursday it has lifted a suspension of beef exports to China after dealing with an atypical case of BSE, sending shares of Marfrig Global Foods, Minerva and other Brazilian meatpackers soaring. The suspension had been in effect since June 3 after a case was reported in a […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Lean hogs tumble for third straight session

U.S. livestock: Hog futures limit down on supply glut

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs fall as pork sales to China disappoint

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs up on bargain buying

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle closed mixed

China to suspend pork imports from Quebec processor

Klassen: Feeder market shrugs off feed grain rally

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs, live cattle firm on bargain buying

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs slide on fund liquidation

Brazil lifts suspension of beef exports to China

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