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Fake News Sends Cattle Plummeting — a Preview of What May Lie Ahead?
What Happened On Tuesday, May 27, the first trading day after a three-day Memorial Day weekend, cattle futures plunged more than $4 on a story that New World screwworm (NWS) had been found in Missouri cattle. As it appeared this was fake news, the market …