Insights and Stories on Hogs

Livestock price insurance plan now taking applications

Apr. 9, 2014 at 1:10 pm CDT

With applications now available, Western Canada’s cattle and hog producers are being encouraged to consider the new federal/provincial livestock price insurance plan as a risk management tool against unexpected price drops. The Western Livestock Price Insurance Program (WLPIP), announced in January, is an insurance policy product offering protection against an […]

U.S. livestock: CME hogs tumble on slowing pork demand, weak cash market

Apr. 8, 2014 at 5:44 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME hogs end firm on fund buying, higher wholesale pork

Apr. 7, 2014 at 4:02 pm CDT

By Meredith Davis

U.S. appeal court to reconsider whether to block COOL

Apr. 7, 2014 at 3:53 am CDT

By Staff

Toronto pork packer in creditor protection

Apr. 4, 2014 at 1:26 pm CDT

By Staff

U.S. livestock: Supply issues send CME hogs plummeting, cattle soaring

Apr. 3, 2014 at 4:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Capping yet another day of volatile livestock trading, Chicago Mercantile Exchange hogs closed down Thursday, recovering somewhat after prices went limit-down midday in response to ongoing uncertainty over the impact of a deadly swine virus on the nation’s hog herd. In contrast, fears over tight beef […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: Fund liquidation erases CME hogs’ new high

Apr. 2, 2014 at 3:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hogs on Wednesday slumped on profit-taking and fund liquidation that pulled futures down from a high set earlier in the session, traders said. Fund selling and sell stops developed after the June contract fell below the 20-day moving average of 127.209 cents (all […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs hit new high, led by discount to cash prices

Apr. 1, 2014 at 4:56 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hogs on Tuesday set a new high after recovering some of Monday’s hefty losses, helped by short-covering and futures’ discount to prices for market-ready or cash hogs. CME’s hog index, a two-day barometer reflecting cash prices, was at a record-high 129.87 cents, which […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs close lower on bearish hog data

Mar. 31, 2014 at 5:37 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hogs closed lower on Monday, recovering somewhat from a limit-down open in response to a recent bearish USDA hog report. CME feeder and live cattle were also lower, with feeders pressed by a jump in Chicago Board of Trade corn prices after the […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. hog herd decline less than expected despite PEDv

Mar. 28, 2014 at 5:51 pm CDT

Reuters — The U.S. hog herd shrank less than feared in the latest quarter compared with a year earlier, leaving it well above average trade forecasts, a U.S. Department of Agriculture report showed Friday. The data suggests the spread of the deadly porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) was not as […]

By Theopolis Waters