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...Case-Shiller housing futures that trade on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange haven't really taken off, though...
Swine flu, recently renamed H1N1 virus, is causing a swoon in pork prices. The Lean Hogs futures contract, traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), is down more than 10% since news of the potentially imminent pandemic first broke. The CME's Frozen Pork Bellies futures contract has suffered comparable losses...
...fall in prices, no matter the cause, could be devastating for the pork industry and ultimately bad for consumers. According to Dave Ward and Perry Iverson of Commodity and Ingredient Hedging, LLC, a Chicago-based agricultural-risk-management consulting firm, if prices continue to fall over the coming weeks, there will be fewer pork producers next year - and less pork production, consequently. Assuming demand for pork recovers, this will lead to higher prices long-term...
...tight margins for the past two years, according to Ward and Iverson. The price of feed skyrocketed amid a rally in the prices of agricultural products, up until the recent slump in demand for pork. For example, soybeans recently set their seven-month high in futures trading on the Chicago Board of Trade...
...National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum in Chicago...