Insights and Stories on Hogs

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, […]

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

Oct. 19, 2018 at 10:51 am CDT

By Dominique Patton

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

Oct. 18, 2018 at 5:46 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Hog producers continue struggle toward profitability

Oct. 4, 2018 at 3:44 pm CDT

By Terry Fries

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

Sep. 28, 2018 at 6:24 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

World crop briefs: North Carolina losing crops, livestock to Florence

Sep. 19, 2018 at 12:41 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Record-setting rain and floods in North Carolina caused by Hurricane Florence have destroyed the state’s poultry sector with 3.4 million chickens and turkeys reported killed. Pig losses are estimated at 5,500. Widespread power outages and flooded roads are making it difficult to get help to abandoned livestock […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Florence shuts down U.S. slaughterhouses

Sep. 18, 2018 at 4:19 am CDT

Chicago/Los Angeles | Reuters — U.S. food companies kept slaughter plants shut on Monday in southeastern states swamped by Hurricane Florence as flash floods collapsed the walls of at least two hog manure pits, made roads undriveable and delayed rail shipments. Catastrophic flooding from Hurricane Florence, which has dumped up […]

By Lisa Baertlein Tom Polansek

Canadian hog prices on rebound

Sep. 15, 2018 at 12:03 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Improving trade relations and the emergence of swine fever in China have made their presence felt on the Canadian hog market. Weekly signature No. 5 base slaughter weight cash hog prices averaged $117.83 per 100 kg as of Friday, up by roughly $15 over the past two […]

By Dave Sims

U.S. farmers rush to clear crops but animals stay in Florence’s path

Sep. 11, 2018 at 4:38 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — As powerful Hurricane Florence advanced toward the southeastern U.S., farmers in North Carolina rushed to harvest corn and tobacco and stock up on pig rations, while the danger of sustained rain and deadly flooding threatened a state where millions of farm animals are housed. “The governor […]

By P.J. Huffstutter Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Cattle ease on profit-taking, lack of cash sales

Aug. 31, 2018 at 5:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures eased on Friday as traders locked in profits following two straight sessions of higher prices and as beef packers bought few animals in cash cattle markets, traders and analysts said. Expectations that meat packers might pay prices roughly steady with cattle sales of […]

By Michael Hirtzer