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U.S. cattle placements rise in April as feed costs subside

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-18
The number of cattle placed in U.S. feedlots last month was up 15 per cent from a year earlier, a government report showed Friday, and analysts said reduced feed costs encouraged fattening cattle for slaughter.


Virus found in Iowa hog population, possibly beyond

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-18
A potentially fatal hog virus, porcine epidemic diarrhea, has been found in the United States for the first time, government and private industry officials said on Friday, posing a new threat for the country's struggling pork producers.


U.S. live cattle futures sag ahead of USDA report

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-18
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Friday as traders adjusted positions ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture monthly cattle-on-feed report that was released after the futures closed, analysts and traders said.


Canada prepares to target U.S. goods in COOL spat

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-17
Canada will put forward a list of U.S. products it wants to target in retaliation for U.S. country-of-origin meat labels if last-minute changes to U.S. label regulations don't prove satisfactory, Canadian officials said on Friday.


Label rules tightened on tenderized meats

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-17
Starting July 2, federally inspected meat plants in Canada will be required to label beef steaks or roasts that have been mechanically tenderized, the federal government announced Friday.


Sask. warns on grass fire risk

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-17
Saskatchewan has jumped straight from flooding into fire season this spring.


U.S. hog futures climb with rising pork prices

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-16
Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures closed higher on Thursday, lifted by strong wholesale pork values in tight seasonal supplies, analysts and traders said.


U.S. cattle futures dip on belief beef peak scaled

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-16
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures fell on Wednesday on trade ideas that the top of cash markets are set following a series of gains to record highs in the wholesale beef market, traders and analysts said.


CEO says half Smithfield's U.S. pork will soon be off ractopamine

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-15
Smithfield Foods, the world's largest pork producer, said Tuesday it will soon raise half of its hogs on feed that does not contain the additive ractopamine, a lean-muscle-promoting drug that has been banned in China and Russia.


Most U.S. live cattle dip despite record-high beef

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-14
Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures contracts eased Tuesday in anticipation of a seasonal top soon in beef markets and despite a jump to a record high for U.S. choice wholesale beef carcasses, analysts and traders said.


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