Insights and Stories on Pork

U.S. livestock: CME hogs slide on Phase One uncertainty

Jan. 16, 2020 at 7:55 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) fell about 1.5 per cent on Thursday, joining a broad sell-off in agricultural futures that traders attributed to fund selling and uncertainty about the details of a U.S.-China trade agreement signed a day earlier. China agreed […]

Trade deal will not affect China’s other ag suppliers, Liu says

Jan. 16, 2020 at 1:03 pm CST

By Hallie Gu Shivani Singh

U.S. livestock: Hogs firm in muted reaction to Phase One pact

Jan. 15, 2020 at 7:54 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

‘Market condition’ caveat on U.S. ag purchases adds to Phase One doubts

Jan. 15, 2020 at 4:15 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Lean hog futures rebound

Jan. 14, 2020 at 6:34 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs hit one-month low on weak cash values

Jan. 13, 2020 at 6:32 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) fell to a one-month low on Monday, pressed by ample U.S. pork supplies and a discount in the cash hog market relative to futures, traders said. “We’ve got a problem where we are still seeing big hog […]

By Julie Ingwersen

VIDO-InterVac joins swine fever fight

Jan. 13, 2020 at 6:43 am CST

The University of Saskatchewan’s vaccine research and development arm is set to become Canada’s first non-government agency to work with the African swine fever virus. Saskatoon-based Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre (VIDO-InterVac) will start work with the virus this month at its Containment Level 3-Agriculture (CL3-Ag) facility, the […]

By GFM Staff

U.S. livestock: Cattle rise on firm cash market, harsh Plains weather

Jan. 10, 2020 at 7:05 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures climbed to the loftiest levels of the week on Friday on expectations for higher cash cattle sales at Plains feedlot markets and as harsh weather in parts of the region increased stress on the animals. Some feedlot cattle in the central and […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs sink on big supply, premium to cash prices

Jan. 9, 2020 at 5:45 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell on Thursday on ample supplies of hogs and a weak cash market, and as traders remain uncertain about how much additional pork China would buy as part of a Phase One trade deal with the United States. The actively traded Chicago […]

By Karl Plume

African swine fever spreads near German border

Jan. 9, 2020 at 1:34 pm CST

Paris | Reuters — Poland recorded 55 outbreaks of African swine fever in wild boar near the German border last month, the world animal health body said on Thursday, in a sign the deadly virus is spreading near one of the European Union’s biggest pork exporters. A report posted on […]

By Reuters