Insights and Stories on Hogs

Cargill shuts China feed mills as swine fever spreads

Jul. 12, 2019 at 6:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Cargill shuttered animal-feed mills in China in recent months partly because the rapid spread of a fatal hog disease has reduced demand, a company executive said Friday. The closures highlight the pain for global agriculture companies from the outbreak of African swine fever in China, the […]

Olymel, Sollio to take up F. Menard pork, feed businesses

Jul. 10, 2019 at 9:14 am CDT

By GFM Staff

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs down on ample supplies

Jul. 8, 2019 at 7:14 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

PigTrace tag price going up

Jul. 8, 2019 at 5:36 pm CDT

By GFM Staff

Canada, EU agree to swine fever zoning rules

Jul. 8, 2019 at 11:47 am CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

China’s cabinet sees ‘shortcomings’ in bid to contain swine fever

Jul. 6, 2019 at 3:35 pm CDT

Beijing | Reuters — China has shown shortcomings in some aspects of preventing African swine fever, and the situation remains complicated and severe, the country’s cabinet said Wednesday. The management of transporting live hogs is not strict enough, while there is insufficient capacity in testing for African swine fever virus […]

Canada proposes China meat export solution

Jul. 3, 2019 at 5:19 pm CDT

Reuters — Canada offered a plan to reassure China about the security of its meat export system, a Canadian minister said on Wednesday, as Ottawa rejected Chinese criticism of its efforts to enlist allies to resolve a diplomatic dispute between the countries. China said last week it wanted the Canadian […]

By David Ljunggren Rod Nickel

China’s shutout of Canadian meat scrambles global pork flow

Jun. 26, 2019 at 2:18 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters — China’s decision to block imports of Canadian meat has set off a global chain reaction in pork trading but it will do little to curb overall demand as a disease ravaging the Chinese hog herd elevates prices, industry experts say. China said on Tuesday it wants […]

By Rod Nickel

Canada says bogus certificates being used to smuggle meat into China

Jun. 26, 2019 at 11:57 am CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Unknown actors are using bogus certificates to smuggle Canadian meat into China, Trade Minister Jim Carr said on Wednesday, a day after Beijing halted beef and pork imports citing falsified paperwork. China, which has already blocked imports of Canadian canola seed and product from three pork […]

By Kelsey Johnson

China to suspend pork imports from Quebec processor

Jun. 18, 2019 at 12:50 pm CDT

Beijing | Reuters — China will block pork imports from a third Canadian firm after a shipment was found to contain the banned feed additive ractopamine, the customs agency said on Tuesday, deepening a trade and diplomatic dispute with Canada. The firm in question is Frigo Royal, the agency said […]

By Dominique Patton Hallie Gu