Insights and Stories on Hogs

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rally after bullish USDA data

Nov. 21, 2018 at 6:55 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures were higher on Wednesday, extending earlier small gains after government supply reports showed fewer-than-expected U.S. cattle supplies, traders said. U.S. Department of Agriculture monthly Cattle on Feed data showed 11.692 million cattle in U.S. feedlots as of Nov. 1. That figure […]

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs limit up on swine fever fears

Nov. 16, 2018 at 6:33 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Hogs rise on technical buying, demand outlook

Nov. 15, 2018 at 5:41 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Live cattle slip on weak cash outlook, lower beef

Nov. 14, 2018 at 5:50 pm CST

By Karl Plume

Hog industry worldwide getting slaughtered in trade war

Oct. 26, 2018 at 10:05 am CDT

By Ana Mano Hallie Gu Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures ease ahead of USDA report

Oct. 19, 2018 at 4:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock futures were lower on Friday, with both live cattle and lean hogs easing on worries that U.S. supplies were growing faster than demand, traders and analysts said. Cattle futures declined ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed report, […]

By Michael Hirtzer

China culls 200,000 pigs due to African swine fever – official

Oct. 19, 2018 at 10:51 am CDT

China | Reuters – China, the world’s top pork producer, has culled 200,000 pigs so far following outbreaks of highly contagious African swine fever in the country, a Chinese animal health official said on Friday. While that represents only a tiny portion of the nearly 700 million pigs slaughtered in China each year […]

By Dominique Patton

U.S. livestock: Hogs extend slide, fall below seven-week lows

Oct. 18, 2018 at 5:46 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures slid for the third consecutive session on Thursday and touched their lowest prices in more than seven weeks on concerns about increasing supplies, traders said. The market has weakened since contracts set multi-month highs on Oct. 1 amid worries about […]

By Tom Polansek

Hog producers continue struggle toward profitability

Oct. 4, 2018 at 3:44 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Hog prices might have regained some value in recent days, but many producers are still a long way from profitability, according to the chair of Manitoba Pork. That’s why lenders such as Farm Credit Canada, who show they understand the needs of producers who are dependent on […]

By Terry Fries

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs, cattle rise on month-end buying

Sep. 28, 2018 at 6:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rose on Friday, with the most-active December contract jumping more than four per cent on short-covering at the end of the month and quarter, traders said. CME October hogs settled up 0.875 cent at 62.175 cents/lb. and December rose 2.45 […]

By Julie Ingwersen