Insights and Stories on Pigs

Jul. 16, 2025 at 3:48 pm CDT

Leaders of the North American pork sector reaffirmed their commitment to producing nutritious, sustainable and affordable pork at a recent trilateral meeting held in Niagara on the Lake, Ont.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Jul. 10, 2025 at 3:25 pm CDT

Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were mixed on Thursday, with fresh contract highs in the feeder cattle market while live cattle ran into resistance at their own highs to settle with small losses.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Jun. 9, 2025 at 10:21 am CDT

Chinese farmers and small firms have increasingly bought market-ready pigs from larger breeders and fattened them in a bet on higher prices, but the government is cracking down on the speculative practice to slim down hogs and stabilize the market.

By Ella Cao, Lewis Jackson, Reuters

Jun. 3, 2025 at 2:50 pm CDT

The code that sets Canada’s standards care and handling of pigs is up for review, a process expected to be compete by 2028.

By Alexis Kienlen

Dec. 23, 2024 at 10:11 am CST

Glacier FarmMedia – Incorporating swine enrichment could save producers as much as $10 per animal, according to research from the industrial research chair in swine welfare at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine. Martyna Lagoda, a post-doctoral research fellow involved in the project, told the Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium Nov. […]

By Janelle Rudolph