Insights and Stories on Hogs

Maple Leaf to buy Quebec pepperoni processor

Oct. 4, 2018 at 10:27 pm CDT

Meat processor Maple Leaf Foods plans to boost its space in the pepperoni and dry-cured meats market with a deal for Montreal-based Viau Foods. Toronto-based Maple Leaf announced Tuesday it will pay $215 million, including $30 million in Maple Leaf shares, for Viau, which today bills itself as “Canada’s most […]

Hog producers continue struggle toward profitability

Oct. 4, 2018 at 3:44 pm CDT

By Terry Fries

Canadian hog prices on rebound

Sep. 15, 2018 at 12:03 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures down for 3rd day

Aug. 24, 2018 at 4:59 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

China culls more pigs as authorities race to trace African swine fever source

Aug. 24, 2018 at 9:34 am CDT

By Hallie Gu Josephine Mason

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures decline after weaker cash trade

Aug. 23, 2018 at 7:06 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. live cattle futures declined on Thursday after cash cattle traded in Kansas and Texas at mostly lower prices than a week ago, traders said. CME Group feeder cattle futures edged higher while lean hog futures ended mixed, with the nearby October contract down more than […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Trade uncertainty weighs on Manitoba pork prices

Aug. 16, 2018 at 4:50 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– An ongoing trade battle between China and the U.S., along with general uncertainty in global trade, is starting to put a damper on Manitoba pork prices. In Canada, the formula price used by domestic farmers is based on the national base price in the U.S. That price […]

By Dave Sims

U.S. livestock: Hog futures fall to new contract lows on heavy supplies

Aug. 8, 2018 at 12:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures tumbled about 3 percent to fresh life-of-contract lows on Wednesday as cash hog and pork prices extended declines amid abundant supplies and worries of sagging demand, traders said. Most active October lean hog futures fell 1.575 cents to 48.400 cents […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle fall on technical selling; hogs mostly lower

Aug. 7, 2018 at 6:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. cattle futures fell on Tuesday, with feeder cattle easing about 2 percent on pressure from technical selling and abundant supplies, traders and analysts said. Lean hog futures also were mostly lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, weighed down by declining prices for hogs in cash […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise on better beef packer demand

Aug. 3, 2018 at 5:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose sharply on Friday, lifted by better demand from beef packers who were bidding more aggressively to buy steers in cash markets, traders and analysts said. Technical buying also supported cattle futures, which broke out of a relatively narrow trade […]

By Michael Hirtzer