Insights and Stories on Hogs

F. Menard’s pork industry assets cleared for sale

Nov. 28, 2019 at 5:50 pm CST

Antitrust regulators have cleared the path for La Coop federee to take up a significantly larger, vertically integrated share of its home province’s pork packing, feed milling and hog production sectors. The agribusiness co-operative announced Thursday its Olymel and Sollio Agriculture arms have “received the green light” from the federal […]

Brazil gets approval for 13 meatpacking plants for China exports

Nov. 12, 2019 at 1:48 pm CST

By Ana Mano

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs rally on technical buying, rising pork prices

Nov. 12, 2019 at 1:45 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures firm on strong cash market, rising beef prices

Nov. 8, 2019 at 4:49 pm CST

By Karl Plume

China reshapes global meat markets as swine fever rages

Nov. 8, 2019 at 8:58 am CST

By Nigel Hunt

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rise on hopes for Chinese pork import tariff rollback

Nov. 7, 2019 at 5:21 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. lean hog futures closed mostly higher on Thursday on renewed hopes for accelerated U.S. pork sales to China after officials from both countries said an interim trade deal could include a phased rollback of tariffs. The hog market has been highly sensitive to any signs […]

By Karl Plume

China’s pork output to fall by at least 20 percent in 2019: FAO

Nov. 7, 2019 at 9:48 am CST

Paris | Reuters – African swine fever (ASF) will cut pork output in China, the world’s largest producer, by at least 20 percent in 2019, the United Nations’ food agency said on Thursday, doubling the decline it had expected six months ago. The disease has slashed China’s hog herd since […]

By Sybille De La Hamaide

U.S. livestock: Lean hog futures retreat as interim China trade deal delayed

Nov. 6, 2019 at 4:25 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. lean hog futures retreated on Wednesday, surrendering nearly all of the prior session’s strong gains on worries about U.S. pork exports to China after a senior White House official said a “phase one” trade deal with the world’s top pork consumer could be delayed. The […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs jump in short-covering, technical bounce

Nov. 5, 2019 at 1:37 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. lean hog futures rallied on Tuesday in a technical-buying and short-covering bounce from recent lows, underpinned by hopes for accelerated pork sales to China amid surging prices in the world’s largest pork-consuming country, analysts said. Pork prices have surged to record highs in China as […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Live cattle climb to new six-month peak on rising cash market

Nov. 4, 2019 at 4:45 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. live cattle futures scaled a six-month high on Monday, propelled by firming cash cattle and beef prices and strong packer margins, analysts said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) December live cattle settled up 0.550 cent at 120.075 cents per pound, its highest level since April 25. […]

By Karl Plume