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U.S. livestock: CME hogs near two-year low in active fund selloff

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs on Thursday sank to their lowest level since March 2013 on liquidation by funds as part of their annual rebalancing of commodity positions, traders said. Funds trading in CME’s lean hogs and live cattle markets simultaneously sold February long positions and bought back months in a […] Read more

Nursery barn Quebec’s sixth case of PED

Another nursery barn in Quebec’s Monteregie is the site of the province’s sixth case of porcine epidemic diarrhea in hogs, provincial officials said Thursday. The infections were confirmed Wednesday through lab tests on fecal samples from a 5,000-hog operation at St-Aime, about 30 km southeast of Sorel, Quebec’s provincial swine health team (EQSP) said in […] Read more


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Two more Que. hog operations confirmed with PED

Two more hog operations in Quebec’s Monteregie — a nursery operation and a finishing barn — have been confirmed infected with porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED). Quebec’s provincial swine health team (EQSP) announced Wednesday that the two new cases — both in the St-Denis-sur-Richelieu area, about 25 km northwest of St-Hyacinthe — are “epidemiologically linked” to […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: CME hogs rally in anticipation of cash price rebound

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs turned higher Wednesday after initial selling, benefiting from sentiment that cash prices are about to bottom out soon, traders said. February closed 0.75 cent per pound higher at 79.325 cents, and April finished up 0.525 cents at 81.875 cents (all figures US$). Slaughter-ready (cash) hog prices […] Read more


(Manitoba Co-operator file photo by Laura Rance)

Hog nursery barn Quebec’s third PED case

A hog nursery operation in Quebec’s Monteregie was confirmed Dec. 31 as the province’s third case of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) in hogs. Quebec has previously booked two cases of on-farm outbreaks of the PED virus (PEDv) — both at hog finishing operations in the Monteregie in February and November 2014 respectively. The latest case […] Read more



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U.S. livestock: Bearish fundamentals sink CME hogs to near two-year low

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs fell to their lowest in almost two years on Tuesday, weighed down by sluggish wholesale pork demand and ample hog supplies, traders said. February closed 1.35 cents per pound lower at 78.575 cents and April finished down 1.45 cents, to 81.35 cents (all figures US$) On […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: CME hogs sag as funds sell; live cattle rise

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs closed lower on Monday on sell stops and fund liquidation after nearby contracts drifted beneath technical support levels, traders said. February closed 1.375 cent per pound lower at 79.925 cents, below the 10-day moving average of 81.2 cents (all figures US$). April finished down 0.7 cents […] Read more


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U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle in biggest one-day jump in seven months

Chicago | Reuters — Lightly-traded Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle on Friday climbed two per cent, their biggest daily increase in seven months, led by live cattle market advances, traders said. Fund buying and buy stops surfaced after January and March surpassed their respective 20-day moving average of 221.46 cents and 218.46 cents (all figures […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end session weaker

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle finished lower on Wednesday on year-end profit taking, trader said. However, futures extended their yearly winning streak to six in a row after finishing up 23 per cent for 2014 amid tight supplies after years of drought, an analyst said. Upward-trending wholesale beef prices and stronger-than-expected […] Read more