Insights and Stories on Pork

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs end mixed as trade gauges trade war impact

Aug. 9, 2019 at 6:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures were mixed on Friday in choppy trading as investors weighed rising pork prices against weak cash hog values and rising concerns about pork exports to China. Spread trading steered some contracts up sharply while others, including actively traded October […]

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs rally for second day

Aug. 8, 2019 at 6:37 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs bounce after sell-off, cattle also rise

Aug. 7, 2019 at 4:48 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs tumble on worsening U.S.-China trade ties

Aug. 6, 2019 at 6:55 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. farmers suffer ‘body blow’ as China slams door on farm purchases

Aug. 5, 2019 at 5:36 pm CDT

By Hallie Gu Tom Daly

U.S. livestock: Hog futures swing wildly as trade war intensifies

Aug. 5, 2019 at 4:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) livestock futures swung wildly on Monday, with the most-active October lean hog futures going nearly limit-up and -down in the same trading session, amid growing tensions in the U.S.-China trade war. China’s commerce ministry said that Chinese companies have stopped buying U.S. […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

Federal government funding $6 million to Canada Pork International

Jul. 25, 2019 at 1:48 pm CDT

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has announced $6 million will be invested in Canada Pork International (CPI) to focus on strengthening, diversifying and growing of Canada’s pork exports. It will help to boost the awareness of the industry in the priority international markets. Why it matters: A halt to exports to […]

By Jennifer Betzner

China June pork imports surge more than 62 per cent from previous year

Jul. 23, 2019 at 10:09 am CDT

Beijing | Reuters – China’s pork imports in June surged from the previous year, customs data showed on Tuesday, as the world’s top consumer of the meat stocked up on supplies after African swine fever has decimated domestic pig herds. China brought in 160,467 tonnes of pork in June, up […]

By Hallie Gu Shivani Singh

U.S. livestock: Hogs top five-week high on China demand expectations

Jul. 19, 2019 at 4:45 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures reached their highest prices in more than five weeks on Friday on expectations for increased pork demand from China, the world’s top importer. Live cattle futures ended higher after dropping to their lowest prices in more than a week. […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hogs rise amid hopes of China pork demand

Jul. 18, 2019 at 8:02 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures reached their highest prices in about a month on Thursday on expectations of bigger pork imports by China, traders said. A recent rise in Chinese pork prices, linked to an outbreak of a fatal hog disease in Asia, is […]

By Tom Polansek