Insights and Stories on Hogs

China reports 1st African swine fever outbreak, culls 1,000 hogs

Aug. 3, 2018 at 8:39 am CDT

Beijing | Reuters – China reported its first outbreak of the deadly African swine fever (ASF) on Friday, as authorities in Liaoning province in the country’s northeast culled almost 1,000 hogs and rushed to control the highly contagious disease. News of the infection will stoke concern about its spread in the world’s […]

U.S. livestock: Lower cash, pork prices send CME hog futures lower

Aug. 2, 2018 at 5:09 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle jump as corn costs decline; hogs extend losses

Aug. 1, 2018 at 4:54 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hog futures tumble with pork belly prices, despite China hopes

Jul. 31, 2018 at 6:46 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures lower after weaker cash trades, hogs mixed

Jul. 30, 2018 at 6:40 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cash price uncertainty weakens CME live cattle

Jul. 24, 2018 at 5:53 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle lost ground on Tuesday after investors exercised caution in advance of this week’s prices for market-ready, or cash, cattle, said traders. There may have been some disappointment after initial bids for cash cattle came in below last week’s sales, a trader […]

By Reuters

Brazil’s BNDES willing to sell JBS stake

Jun. 30, 2018 at 12:19 am CDT

Rio de Janeiro | Reuters — Brazilian development bank BNDES is willing to sell its stake in meatpacker JBS SA, one source with knowledge of the matter said on Friday. The development bank had already expressed the intention to sell its stake “for the right price.” But the person, who […]

By Rodrigo Viga Gaier

U.S. pork, fruit producers brace for second wave of Chinese tariffs

Jun. 21, 2018 at 7:45 pm CDT

Beijing/Chicago | Reuters — U.S. producers of pork, already saddled with duties enacted in an earlier round of the escalating trade dispute with China, are bracing for further pain after Beijing hit the products with additional tariffs due to come into effect next month. China implemented a 25 per cent […]

By Dominique Patton Tom Polansek

Multi-storey hog hotels elevate Chinese industrial farms to new levels

May. 11, 2018 at 3:41 am CDT

Yaji Mountain, China | Reuters — On Yaji Mountain in southern China, they are checking in the sows 1,000 head per floor in high-rise “hog hotels.” Privately-owned agricultural company Guangxi Yangxiang Co. Ltd. is running two seven-floor sow breeding operations, and is putting up four more, including one with as […]

By Dominique Patton

Hog prices steadying as barbecue season nears

May. 4, 2018 at 6:31 pm CDT

CNS Canada — With barbecue season on the horizon, prices for Canadian pork rose during the week ended April 27, breaking out of their month-long fall. The timing could be perfect, as negotiators have already begun working on improving trade relations and cancelling proposed tariffs on Chinese imports of U.S. […]

By Dave Sims