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U.S. livestock: Hogs jump on hopes of pork exports to China

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News January 3, 2019

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. lean hog futures jumped to a nearly two-week high on Wednesday on speculation that exports of U.S. pork to China will rise in the coming months, traders and analysts said. Representatives from the U.S. and China were negotiating to end the trade war between the world’s biggest economies that has […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle climb on technical buying, demand optimism

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News December 11, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures gained about one per cent on Tuesday, lifted by technical buying and optimism for the continued robust demand for cattle and beef, traders and analysts said. Cattle futures shrugged off three straight sessions of declines to rise to the highest levels in about a week. […] Read more

Farm Life, FarmLife

This pork porchetta is sure to please

First We Eat: Traditionally a whole pig would be roasted on a spit but here’s a smaller oven version

By dee Hobsbawn-Smith December 7, 2018

I visited my sister and brother-in-law in the Toronto area for Thanksgiving this year, the first time, perhaps ever, that I wasn’t home to cook the feast for my favourite holiday. But even though I wasn’t in my home kitchen, food played as large a part as usual. “We have errands,” my sister said soon […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Trade fears drag down CME live cattle, hogs

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 14, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and hog futures closed lower on Thursday, partly weakened by uncertainty over U.S. trade with China, traders said. China on Thursday urged the U.S. to make a “wise choice” on trade, saying it was ready to respond in case Washington chose confrontation, as U.S. President Donald […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs snap back on higher cash, wholesale pork prices

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 12, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures on Tuesday recovered from Monday’s selloff, helped by higher wholesale pork values and surging market-ready, or cash, hog prices, traders said. Fund buying and bargain hunting enhanced futures advances, they said. June hogs, which will expire on Thursday, closed up 0.375 cent/lb. at 80.525 cents (all […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Wheat climbs on global weather woes

By GFM Network News June 6, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures climbed nearly two per cent on Wednesday on a mix of technical buying and worries about persistent dry weather in major exporting countries including Russia and Australia. Corn and soybeans sagged as weather in the U.S. crop belt remained mostly favourable. Chicago Board of Trade July wheat settled […] Read more

Pork baby back ribs. (Grandriver/Getty Images)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Strong cash prices reverse CME hogs’ losses

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 6, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs on Wednesday closed up sharply, spurred by short-covering and escalating prices for slaughter-ready, or cash, hogs that reversed Tuesday’s market losses, said traders. On Tuesday, some CME hog contracts day fell more than two per cent after Mexico imposed tariffs on U.S. pork following Washington’s higher […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Mexico hits back on U.S. steel, slaps tariffs on pork, bourbon

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 6, 2018

Mexico City | Reuters — Mexico responded in kind to U.S. President Donald Trump’s metals tariffs by imposing its own duties on U.S. steel on Tuesday, while also targeting politically sensitive agricultural products from pork to bourbon. Mexico’s peso tumbled to its weakest level since February 2017, leading losses among major currencies due to the […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

Pork supply issues hit Maple Leaf’s Q1 ledger

By GFM Network News May 2, 2018

Reuters — Meat packer Maple Leaf Foods posted a smaller-than-expected quarterly profit as lower prices and a temporary interruption in supplies hurt sales of its pork products, sending its shares to their lowest in nearly two years. The company, one of Canada’s biggest pork processors, said that processed fresh pork sales were affected by a […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle stumble on profit-taking

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 6, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle turned lower on Friday after profit-taking and fund liquidation gave back some of the market’s gains over the past two days, said traders. U.S. stocks’ plunge over trade war fears unnerved CME livestock investors still digesting Monday’s Chinese tariff hike on U.S. pork, with similar plans […] Read more

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Tag Archives Pork

U.S. livestock: Hogs jump on hopes of pork exports to China

U.S. livestock: Cattle climb on technical buying, demand optimism

This pork porchetta is sure to please

U.S. livestock: Trade fears drag down CME live cattle, hogs

U.S. livestock: CME hogs snap back on higher cash, wholesale pork prices

U.S. grains: Wheat climbs on global weather woes

U.S. livestock: Strong cash prices reverse CME hogs’ losses

Mexico hits back on U.S. steel, slaps tariffs on pork, bourbon

Pork supply issues hit Maple Leaf’s Q1 ledger

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle stumble on profit-taking

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