Insights and Stories on Hogs

Pork supply issues hit Maple Leaf’s Q1 ledger

May. 2, 2018 at 1:42 pm CDT

Reuters — Meat packer Maple Leaf Foods posted a smaller-than-expected quarterly profit as lower prices and a temporary interruption in supplies hurt sales of its pork products, sending its shares to their lowest in nearly two years. The company, one of Canada’s biggest pork processors, said that processed fresh pork […]

U.S. to export pork to Argentina after 26 years

Apr. 13, 2018 at 5:06 pm CDT

By David Lawder Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs jump on short-covering

Apr. 9, 2018 at 6:58 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

Pork producers tackle new challenges, opportunities in 2018

Apr. 9, 2018 at 2:24 am CDT

By Dave Sims

Tariffs raise tough questions for pork industry

Apr. 6, 2018 at 11:45 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

U.S. meat groups fear for market growth with China beef tariff hike

Apr. 4, 2018 at 4:42 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — China’s proposal on Wednesday for tariffs on U.S. beef confirmed the worst-case scenario for the U.S. cattle industry, trade groups said Wednesday, even as they remained hopeful the dispute could be resolved quickly. China listed U.S. goods from soybeans to beef that could potentially incur a […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. March hog herd hits record high

Mar. 30, 2018 at 1:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The number of hogs on U.S. farms in the December-February quarter was up 3.1 per cent from the same period a year ago, a record high for the quarter, according to Thursday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) report. Farmers added extra pigs, encouraged by less-costly feed […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. pork to feel further chill from China tariff threat

Mar. 23, 2018 at 5:22 pm CDT

Beijing/Chicago | Reuters — China’s threat of steep tariffs on U.S. pork imports knocked down U.S. hog futures prices and shares of producers on Friday, while increasing fears of hard times for farmers already facing weaker demand from the world’s top buyer of the meat. U.S. farmers have worried for […]

By Dominique Patton Tom Polansek

Pork exports key in 2018 as U.S. slaughter ramps up

Jan. 30, 2018 at 7:09 pm CST

CNS Canada –– Canadian pork producers should see higher returns for their product in the spring of 2018, but whether those prices last may determine how successful Canada is at tapping new markets. According to U.S. Department of Agriculture supply estimates, weekly U.S. hog slaughter numbers over the past two […]

By Dave Sims

U.S. livestock: CME cattle drop daily limit on lower cash market sales

Jan. 5, 2018 at 7:48 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell sharply on Friday and hit daily trading limits on weaker cash market prices and easing concerns that frigid weather in feedlot areas could disrupt marketings. Fund selling, or “rolling,” of lead-month positions into deferred months ahead of similar moves […]

By Karl Plume