Insights and Stories on Hogs

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle jump on firmer cash trade

Jul. 5, 2019 at 7:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures settled higher on Friday and set a one-month top, buoyed by higher cash cattle trades in northern states including Nebraska and Iowa, traders said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed that more than 22,000 head of cattle traded […]

Canada proposes China meat export solution

Jul. 3, 2019 at 5:19 pm CDT

By David Ljunggren Rod Nickel

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs end down, live cattle up

Jul. 3, 2019 at 4:18 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs up on trade hopes, falling corn prices

Jul. 1, 2019 at 7:35 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Rookie U.S. House Democrats call for COOL revival

Jun. 29, 2019 at 1:16 am CDT

By GFM Staff

U.S. livestock: Nearby lean hogs drop on continued herd expansion

Jun. 28, 2019 at 7:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures were mixed on Friday, with nearby contracts pressured by plentiful supplies of hogs and pork and deferred months buoyed by signs of a slowing multi-year U.S. hog herd expansion, traders said. Actively traded nearby contracts posted steep declines after […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Hogs up before USDA confirms herd expansion

Jun. 27, 2019 at 6:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures rallied on Thursday on short-covering and position squaring near the end of the month and quarter after prices hit multi-month lows earlier this week, traders said. Investors also squared bets ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) quarterly […]

By Karl Plume

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’s realized net farm income way down in 2018

May. 28, 2019 at 7:12 pm CDT

Stagnant farm cash receipts against significant increases in feed, fuel and interest costs have led to Canada’s biggest decline in realized net farm income in over a decade. That’s according to Statistics Canada, which on Tuesday released full-year farm income data for 2018, pegging realized net farm income for the […]

By GFM Staff

Canada, U.S. plan trade zones for whenever swine fever hits

May. 25, 2019 at 2:23 pm CDT

Federal officials in Canada and the U.S. have agreed on zone defense, so to speak, to allow safe trade of hogs and pork products if African swine fever should turn up in hogs in either country. Canada’s chief veterinary officer Dr. Jaspinder Komal and U.S. CVO Dr. Jack Shere said […]

By GFM Staff