Insights and Stories on Pork Demand

Russian pork producers target EU’s share of China’s pork market

Aug. 19, 2024 at 2:15 pm CDT

Russian pork producers are aiming to capture ten per cent of China's pork import market in the coming years from a standing start, seeking to take advantage of trade tensions between the European Union and China, the world's biggest pork consumer.

Tyson Foods to close Iowa pork plant with 1,200 workers

Mar. 11, 2024 at 3:56 pm CDT

By Reuters Tom Polansek

China to encourage hog farmers to reduce capacity after price slump

Jan. 23, 2024 at 11:03 am CST

By Mei Mei Chu Reuters

Smithfield Foods ends contracts with 26 US pig farms, citing oversupply

Dec. 6, 2023 at 2:03 pm CST

By Reuters Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Domestic demand boosts hog futures

Oct. 9, 2020 at 5:50 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

North American hog markets wracked by coronavirus

Feb. 11, 2020 at 7:55 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Besides shutting down entire cities and killing more than 1,000 people, China’s novel coronavirus outbreak has wreaked havoc on North America’s hog futures. “It’s a dubious relationship, but it is impacting markets,” said Tyler Fulton, risk management director for Hams Marketing Services in Winnipeg. Lean hog futures moved […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: Cattle rise as cash prices surge

Apr. 27, 2017 at 5:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle surged to contract highs on Thursday and closed up the daily limit in most contacts on stronger-than-expected cash markets and robust demand for beef, traders said. The front-month contract hit a 13-month peak as the market closed higher for the fifteenth […]

By Karl Plume

Pork prices gain on seasonal demand, tighter numbers

Apr. 25, 2016 at 12:26 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Western Canadian cash hog prices have been trending higher as supplies tighten and demand increases moving into the summer, two Prairie analysts say. “A lot of that has to do with lower slaughter numbers, higher pork cutout values,” said Brad Marceniuk, a livestock economist with the Saskatchewan […]

By Jade Markus

Chinese demand seen eating into pork supply glut

Aug. 24, 2015 at 5:58 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Canadian pork producers have seen increased demand from China in recent weeks, which could boost prices in coming months. Despite turbulence in the China’s economy, an industry specialist says exports should be little affected. Pork prices are sensitive to economic change to an extent, but not as […]