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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, hogs end firm after choppy session

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Wednesday closed firm, supported by their discounts to last week’s prices for market-ready or cash cattle, traders said. CME hogs also posted gains, helped by short-covering after brushing aside lower cash and wholesale prices, they said. The live cattle market chopped around throughout the […] Read more


The Ukrainian government, whose Verkhovna Rada building in Kiev is shown here, plans to block imports of live Canadian and U.S. hogs, among those from other countries where hog producers are battling PEDv. (Cia.gov)

Ukraine to block Canadian, U.S. hogs over PEDv

Geneva | Reuters — Ukraine has introduced emergency restrictions on the import of pigs from Canada, the U.S. and seven other countries, it said in documents filed at the World Trade Organization on Wednesday. Ukraine said porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) had been identified in Canada, China, Columbia, the Dominican Republic, Japan, Mexico and the U.S., […] Read more

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Zoetis plans vaccine against PEDv

Chicago | Reuters — Zoetis Inc., the world’s largest animal-health company, plans to seek U.S. approval before the end of this year to sell its vaccine against a virus that has killed about 13 per cent of the U.S. hog herd. If approved, the new drug would rival the only vaccine available so far. Zoetis, […] Read more


U.S. livestock: CME hogs fall on worries of supply increase ahead

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures ended lower on Tuesday, weighed down by concerns that unseasonably cool midsummer weather will persist into the fall and boost supply by putting weight on hogs quicker, traders and analysts said. Hog weights have declined modestly so far this summer, but remain well above last year’s […] Read more

LIVESTOCK: CME live cattle fall, pressured by equities tumble

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts closed sharply lower on Thursday, pulled down by the stock market’s sheer drop caused by European deflation and Argentina default worries. Wall Street investors dumped long positions across a broad range of commodities, including CME livestock futures, an analyst said. Global economic jitters could undermine consumer confidence, which could […] Read more



LIVESTOCK – CME hogs futures fall with sagging cash prices

CHICAGO, July 29 (Reuters) – Chicago Mercantile Exchange hogs on Tuesday finished lower following slumping prices for ample supplies of slaughter-ready animals, traders said. August finished 2.225 cents per lb lower at 121.450 cents, and October down 0.550 to 106.075. The morning’s average price of hogs in Iowa/Minnesota fell $1.23 per cwt from Monday, and […] Read more


LIVESTOCK: CME hog futures slide on weaker cash, pork prices

Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures on Thursday finished lower, pulled down by softer cash hog and wholesale pork prices, traders said. August finished 1.375 cents per lb lower at 123.200 cents, and October at 107.900, 2.550 cents lower. The average price of market-ready, or cash, hogs Thursday morning in the eastern Midwest, fell […] Read more

U.S. court upholds FDA animal feed policy despite health concern

Reuters — A divided federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a U.S. Food and Drug Administration policy allowing the use of various antibiotics in animal feed, even if such use might endanger the public health. Reversing a lower court ruling, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York said the FDA was empowered […] Read more