Insights and Stories on Hogs

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 […]

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

Mar. 6, 2019 at 12:36 pm CST

By Reuters

PEDv arrives in Alberta hogs

Jan. 8, 2019 at 6:35 pm CST

By GFM Staff

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

Dec. 18, 2018 at 7:23 pm CST

By Karl Plume

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

Dec. 12, 2018 at 5:33 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle climb on technical buying, demand optimism

Dec. 11, 2018 at 6:16 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures gained about one per cent on Tuesday, lifted by technical buying and optimism for the continued robust demand for cattle and beef, traders and analysts said. Cattle futures shrugged off three straight sessions of declines to rise to the highest […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Live cattle, lean hogs mostly lower

Dec. 10, 2018 at 6:11 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. livestock futures were mostly lower on Monday, with both live cattle and lean hogs succumbing to pressure from technical selling and expectations for weaker cash prices, traders and analysts said. Prices for each eased amid a lack of fresh fundamental news to propel gains. Hogs […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs rebound

Dec. 7, 2018 at 5:10 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures closed out the week on a positive note on Friday as hopes for a pickup in pork sales to China fueled speculative buying that lifted prices more than one per cent and reversed the prior session’s losses. The market remains focused on […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs drop on trade worry after Huawei arrest

Dec. 6, 2018 at 6:26 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell for the third time in four sessions on Thursday on worries about rising U.S.-China trade tensions following the arrest of a Chinese executive in Canada, but the market clawed back most of the losses by the close. After optimism that trade […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs slip on trade truce worries

Dec. 4, 2018 at 7:21 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell for a second consecutive session on Tuesday on concern over a trade truce agreement reached over the weekend between the U.S. and China, the world’s top hog and pork market. Global stock markets tumbled on Tuesday as optimism waned that the […]

By Karl Plume