Livestock & Meats Markets

Agriculture futures mostly fall, livestock mixed

Agriculture futures were lower early Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for March delivery slid 7.5 cents to $5.71 a bushel; March corn dropped 7 cents to $4.9625 a bushel; January soybeans dipped 1 cent to $10.41 a...

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MALNUTRITION BEGINS TO BITE

GAZA CITY, (Jul. 15, 2009) IPS/GIN - And there are daily expenses, like electricity and water." With unemployment rates at 50 percent in Gaza, and 80 percent of Gazan Palestinians dependent on food aid hand-outs, it's no wonder...

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Weekly Outlook: Pork Industry on Last Leg Down

Bankruptcy is a terrible word, but one that indicates the pork industry is entering the “last leg down” in this cycle, writes Chris Hurt, extension economist at Purdue University. Lenders to hog operations are increasingly...

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Farm cash receipts down after outstanding year

Leader-Post and Financial Post staffNovember 23, 2009 REGINA — Farm cash receipts in Saskatchewan fell 4.2 per cent to in the first nine months of 2009, largely due to a precipitous 20-per-cent plunge in the third quarter,...

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CME: Turkey in Freezers Lesser Than a Year Ago

US - USDA’s November Cold Storage report, released Friday afternoon, will likely hit livestock markets as somewhat bullish on Monday, with that sentiment probably greatest for pork, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner in their...

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Sheep prices rise 30% ahead of Eid in UAE

The prices of sheep have increased by 20 to 30 per cent over the last few days at Zayed Port Market in Abu Dhabi ahead of Eid Al Adha celebrations. Sheep are the preferred sacrifice in the Eid Al Adha celebrations and traders...

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Huge surge in prices of livestock in Qatar

DOHA: Prices of livestock in the local market have shot up by 30 to 50 percent as traders are allegedly trying to cash in on the high demand ahead of Eid Al Adha. While customers put the blame on the traders, some traders...

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UPDATES: Ranchers eligible for drought aid

Livestock producers who experienced grazing losses because of the 2008 and 2009 drought in Tom Green, Coke and Sterling counties are eligible to apply for compensation to the Livestock Forage Disaster Program. “Eligible...

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Turkey may be regional livestock leader with proper policies

The president of the Turkish Union of Agricultural Chambers (TZOB), Şemsi Bayraktar, has announced that Turkey has the potential to seize the largest share in the $1.5 billion Middle Eastern ovine market, if it adopts an...

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The Great Depression of the 14th Century

Mises Daily: Monday, November 23, 2009 by Murray N. Rothbard [This article is excerpted from An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, vol. 1, Economic Thought Before Adam Smith.] In the 14th century that...

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