Live cattle futures recover from contract lows as a surprise rise in US beef prices wipes out caution over a jump in placements of animas on feedlots

Cranswick shares reach an all-time high after it unveils a rise in profits, and a potential boost from European animal welfare laws

Os dois principais acionistas dizem que eles podem vender para fora de Napco, um operador de gado australiano que corre uma área duas vezes o tamanho da Bélgica

Feed mills raise output to a record high, using extra barley and corn, as poor weather forces farmers to keep livestock indoors

The poultry giant, reporting a 37% rise in earnings, warns against reading too much into a rise in US chicken meat stocks, and a dip in exports

The second wettest year on record in 2012 leaves UK growers ill-equipped to deal with risng bills. Profits will be “further squeezed” this year too

Should pork processors own hog herds? The UK’s Cranswick gets back into the pig rearing, just as US-based Smithfield Foods is being urged to get out

Continental Grain, Smithfield’s top shareholder, steps up pressure for a restructuring at the meat group, claiming the potential for a 50% share rise

Australia’s top beef group, which this week cautioned over drought, sell two properties. It will still be left with holdings the size of Ireland

Lower grain prices hold out the prospect for feedlot profitability after all, o USDA diz, although not until well into the 2013-14 corn year