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U.S. livestock: CME hogs bounce back on bargain buying

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 26, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures finished higher on Tuesday after short-covering and bargain buying reversed recent market losses amid trade fears, analysts said. Hog farmers in the U.S. may face another wave of higher tariffs by China, which placed stiff retaliatory duties on U.S. pork imports in early April. CME hogs […] Read more

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Ex-JBS chair Batista charged with corruption

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 25, 2018

Brasilia | Reuters — Brazilian federal prosecutors on Monday charged JBS SA shareholder Joesley Batista, another senior executive of the meatpacking company and a former federal prosecutor with corruption. The charges against Batista, former executive Francisco Assis and former federal prosecutor Marcello Miller were filed before a federal court in Brasilia, prosecutors said in a […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Hogs sink on weak cash markets, packer margins

By GFM Network News June 23, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures settled mostly lower on Friday as falling cash hog prices and poor packer margins weighed on the market, traders said. Worries over slowed pork export demand due to threatened retaliatory tariffs by key trading partners, including Mexico and China, also weighed on the hog market. […] Read more

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U.S. feedlots draw more cattle than expected in May

By GFM Network News June 23, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Ranchers in May drove more cattle into U.S. feedlots than anticipated compared with the same period a year ago, said analysts after Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture monthly Cattle on Feed report. The data also showed the June 1 feedlot cattle supply climbed 4.1 per cent from a year earlier — […] Read more

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U.S. pork, fruit producers brace for second wave of Chinese tariffs

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News June 22, 2018

Beijing/Chicago | Reuters — U.S. producers of pork, already saddled with duties enacted in an earlier round of the escalating trade dispute with China, are bracing for further pain after Beijing hit the products with additional tariffs due to come into effect next month. China implemented a 25 per cent duty on most U.S. pork […] Read more

On the hottest days cows and bulls can drink 40 to 50 litres per head. They need plenty of fresh water.

Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner

Water and shade reduce impact of heat stress on cattle

Too much heat along with pests can affect breeding success

By Peter Vitti June 21, 2018

I am no stranger to the effects of summer heat stress in cattle. Back when I was working on my master’s thesis at the University of Manitoba (the effect of molybdenum on copper status in beef cattle nutrition, 1983), I had 35 Shorthorn/Angus crossbred yearlings on full feed. During that particular summer, after July 1 […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Bargain buying pares some CME hogs’ losses

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 21, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures closed moderately higher on Thursday, with support from bargain buying and short-covering that pared some recent market losses amid U.S. trade worries, said analysts. U.S. hog farmers, still reeling from higher retaliatory tariffs on pork imposed by China in early April, are bracing for another round […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Hogs fall on trade war fears, cash prices

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News June 19, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell over two per cent on Tuesday, giving back gains notched in the previous session on broad selling across commodities amid fears of trade wars with importers of U.S. products including China and Mexico. A decline in U.S. cash hog prices late on Monday also […] Read more

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Klassen: Stronger demand sustains feeder cattle market

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News June 18, 2018

Western Canadian feeder cattle markets were relatively unchanged from week-ago levels. Feeder cattle numbers are declining at this time of year, so those buyers looking to secure ownership had to be more aggressive. Higher-quality packages were available in Saskatchewan, which traded at a small premium to Alberta markets. In central and southern Alberta, there appeared […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Hogs jump on packer demand, cash prices

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News June 18, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures climbed as much as 2.3 per cent on Monday in a bull-spreading rally amid rising cash hog prices and strong demand from pork packers, traders and analysts said. Cattle futures also were mostly higher at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, boosted by chart-based buying and positioning ahead of […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: CME hogs bounce back on bargain buying

Ex-JBS chair Batista charged with corruption

U.S. livestock: Hogs sink on weak cash markets, packer margins

U.S. feedlots draw more cattle than expected in May

U.S. pork, fruit producers brace for second wave of Chinese tariffs

Water and shade reduce impact of heat stress on cattle

U.S. livestock: Bargain buying pares some CME hogs’ losses

U.S. livestock: Hogs fall on trade war fears, cash prices

Klassen: Stronger demand sustains feeder cattle market

U.S. livestock: Hogs jump on packer demand, cash prices

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