Insights and Stories on Hogs

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs climb as pork prices rise, slaughter pace slows

Mar. 9, 2021 at 7:40 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures rose on Tuesday for a second straight day, supported by rising wholesale pork prices and a smaller weekly kill than a year ago, traders said. CME April lean hog futures ended up 1.05 cents at 88.35 cents/lb., moving back […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs firm as U.S. stimulus plan fuels optimism

Mar. 8, 2021 at 7:23 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

Alberta hog farmers to get set-aside via AgriRecovery

Mar. 5, 2021 at 9:27 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: Hog futures take a breather

Mar. 5, 2021 at 7:09 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Pork export sales rise, profit-taking hits hog futures

Mar. 4, 2021 at 6:49 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

Olymel restarting hog slaughter at Red Deer

Mar. 4, 2021 at 2:50 am CST

Meat packer Olymel plans to restart slaughter operations Thursday at one of Canada’s largest hog plants following a major outbreak of COVID-19 among employees. Olymel, an arm of Sollio Co-operative, said late Wednesday it had recalled “employees that are needed to ensure that the gradual restarting of operations goes smoothly” […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs up on new swine fever outbreak in China

Mar. 3, 2021 at 6:37 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures jumped on Wednesday as China reported a new outbreak of a deadly pig disease, raising expectations that Chinese importers could increase U.S. purchases. China’s farm ministry confirmed African swine fever in piglets being illegally transported through Funing county in the […]

By Tom Polansek

Farm cash receipts up in 2020

Mar. 2, 2021 at 7:43 pm CST

MarketsFarm — New data from Statistics Canada on Tuesday showed Canadian farm cash receipts went up in 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, on the strength of rising crop prices and exports. The total value of farm cash receipts in the country totalled $71.7 billion in 2020, an 8.1 per cent […]

By MarketsFarm Team

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs down off recent gains

Mar. 2, 2021 at 7:12 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures dropped 2.7 per cent on Tuesday as the market retreated from recent surges. Profit-taking has weighed on prices since most-active April hog futures reached a life-of-contract high on Thursday. Still, traders said robust Chinese demand for pork imports is underpinning […]

By Tom Polansek

Canada’s year-end cattle herd continues shrinking

Mar. 1, 2021 at 8:21 pm CST

Year-over-year contraction continued for Canada’s cattle herd at the start of 2021, while newborn piglet counts kept Canada’s hog herd on the rise during the same period, according to Statistics Canada. StatsCan on Monday reported 11.2 million cattle on Canadian farms at Jan, 1, 2021 — down one per cent […]

By Dave Bedard