Insights and Stories on Hogs

JBS shuts Minnesota pork plant due to coronavirus

Apr. 20, 2020 at 2:45 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — JBS USA said on Monday it would indefinitely shut a Minnesota hog slaughterhouse that produces about five per cent of the country’s pork, in the latest disruption to the U.S. food supply chain from the coronavirus pandemic. The closure limits the amount of meat the United […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle mixed on hopes of economic reopening

Apr. 17, 2020 at 7:18 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rebound to one-week high

Apr. 16, 2020 at 7:43 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures recover

Apr. 15, 2020 at 6:16 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise as traders hope slaughterhouses reopen soon

Apr. 14, 2020 at 10:34 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: June hogs, cattle plunge limit down

Apr. 13, 2020 at 8:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. livestock futures tumbled on Monday on worries about declining U.S. meat processing capacity after Smithfield Foods announced Sunday it would indefinitely shut one of its pork plants due to novel coronavirus infections among workers. The closure at Sioux Falls, S.D., affecting four to five per […]

By Karl Plume

Smithfield shutting South Dakota pork plant indefinitely

Apr. 12, 2020 at 6:38 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Smithfield Foods, the world’s biggest pork processor, said on Sunday it will shut a U.S. plant indefinitely due to a rash of coronavirus cases among employees and warned the country was moving “perilously close to the edge” in supplies for grocers. Slaughterhouse shutdowns are disrupting the […]

By Tom Polansek

Quebec pork plant to restart at reduced pace

Apr. 12, 2020 at 2:16 am CDT

Olymel plans to gradually bring a hog plant in Quebec’s Mauricie region out of a two-week shutdown starting Tuesday following a number of COVID-19 cases among its employees. The meat packing arm of Quebec-based Sollio Co-operative Group announced Saturday it will resume slaughter and cutting operations at Yamachiche, Que. starting […]

By GFM Staff

U.S. livestock: Futures slide as COVID-19 worries roil market

Apr. 9, 2020 at 8:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. livestock futures slumped again on Thursday, volatility roiling the market as it faced resistance over surging stocks and growing concerns that meat packers will close plants in the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Lean hog future prices slipped for a second session on concerns about the domestic […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: Bargain-buying investors rally cattle futures, again

Apr. 8, 2020 at 4:10 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures surged for a second straight session on Wednesday, as investors kept snapping up deep discounts in futures prices, traders said. Lean hog future prices slipped, as concern continued to mount over a glut of domestic pork supplies and uncertainty on how quickly the […]

By P.J. Huffstutter