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CME: Livestock Futures Market Volatile Again

2016-01-25 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

US - Last week was another volatile one in the livestock futures markets, that now sounds like a broken record, and USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released their monthly Cattle on Feed and Cold Storage reports on Friday; those reports will be quickly reviewed here, writes Steve Meyer and Len Steiner.

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Ethiopia Faces El Nio Emergency as Livestock, Crops Lost

2016-01-22 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

ETHIOPIA - The strongest El Niño weather episode in the last several decades has caused repeated crop failure, decimated livestock herds and driven some 10.2 million people across Ethiopia into food insecurity, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

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CME: Volatility in Livestock Trading as Other World Markets Falter

2016-01-22 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

US - Extreme volatility appears to have become the order of the day in livestock trading as market participants struggle to price risk, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner.

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New year, new innovations for livestock feed

2016-01-19 15:34:30| National Hog Farmer

Feed innovations are set to tackle the sustainability file in 2016, as a changed regulatory landscape and broad swath of fresh advancements take hold for pigs, poultry and ruminants. The innovations cover efficiency, profitability, environmental footprint, animal health and welfare, and more. The wave of modernization is propelled by new science, says Rob Patterson, Technical Director for Canadian Bio-Systems Inc. (CBS Inc.), which researches, develops and manufactures a range of new bio-based livestock feed supplements. read more

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