Insights and Stories on Hogs

USDA announces more farm aid to offset trade war losses

May. 23, 2019 at 9:32 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters –– The Trump administration on Thursday unveiled a US$16 billion farm aid package to offset losses from a 10-month trade war with China and said payment rates to farmers would be determined by where they farm rather than what crops they grow. The package, the bulk of […]

New Trump aid plan for U.S. farmers to rely on direct payments

May. 15, 2019 at 4:19 pm CDT

By Chris Prentice Humeyra Pamuk

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs mixed, nearbys up on export hopes

May. 2, 2019 at 5:35 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

China eyes U.S. poultry, pork imports in trade talks

Apr. 16, 2019 at 5:18 pm CDT

By Chris Prentice Tom Polansek

Swine fever in China poses risks, rewards for Canadian pork

Mar. 20, 2019 at 9:16 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Piles of pigs: Swine fever outbreaks go unreported in rural China

Mar. 20, 2019 at 2:37 pm CDT

Baoding, China | Reuters — When pigs on the Xinda Husbandry breeding farm in northern China began dying in growing numbers in early January, it looked increasingly likely that the farm had been struck by the much feared African swine fever, an incurable disease that has spread rapidly across the […]

By Dominique Patton

U.S. to train more beagles to sniff out swine fever

Mar. 6, 2019 at 12:36 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. government will increase the number of dogs used to sniff out illegal pork products at airports and seaports in an effort to keep out a contagious hog disease that has spread across Asia and Europe, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday. The […]

By Reuters

PEDv arrives in Alberta hogs

Jan. 8, 2019 at 6:35 pm CST

Veterinary officials in Alberta are now investigating the province’s first-ever outbreak of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) in hogs. Alberta Pork, the province’s hog producer commission, and the provincial government on Tuesday announced an outbreak of the viral disease at what was described as a “400-head hog operation.” Javier Bahamon, quality […]

By GFM Staff

U.S. livestock: Hogs slump on technical selling, cattle rebound

Dec. 18, 2018 at 7:23 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell for a fourth consecutive session on Tuesday led by the actively traded February contract, which hit a 4-1/2-week low on pressure from its premium over cash hog prices. Ample hog and pork supplies weighed on nearby futures contracts, while […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Cattle hit six-week high on technical buying

Dec. 12, 2018 at 5:33 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures rose sharply for the second straight session on Wednesday, reaching a six-week high, on technical buying and expectations that beef packers would pay higher prices for cattle this week, traders said. Cattle futures had declined earlier on Tuesday before turning higher and […]

By Michael Hirtzer