Insights and Stories on Pork

U.S. boosts trade pact’s outlook lifting tariffs on Canadian, Mexican metals

May. 17, 2019 at 5:00 pm CDT

Washington/Ottawa | Reuters — The United States struck deals on Friday to lift tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada and Mexico, the three governments said, removing a major obstacle to legislative approval of a new North American trade pact. The separate agreements, which will not impose U.S. quotas […]

China cancels U.S. pork import order as trade war drags on

May. 16, 2019 at 2:57 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

Canada needs ‘reset’ on China, Scheer says

May. 7, 2019 at 3:55 pm CDT

By Steve Scherer

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs mixed, nearbys up on export hopes

May. 2, 2019 at 5:35 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

Canadian farm exports hit new Chinese obstacles amid diplomatic dispute

Apr. 29, 2019 at 3:39 pm CDT

By Hallie Gu Rod Nickel

China eyes U.S. poultry, pork imports in trade talks

Apr. 16, 2019 at 5:18 pm CDT

Reuters — China would likely lift a ban on U.S. poultry as part of a trade deal and may buy more pork to meet a growing supply deficit, but it is not willing to allow a prohibited growth drug used in roughly half the U.S. hog herd, two sources with […]

By Chris Prentice Tom Polansek

Swine fever in China poses risks, rewards for Canadian pork

Mar. 20, 2019 at 9:16 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Sharp losses in China’s hog herd due to African swine fever (ASF) are underpinning the North American pork market and could create export opportunities for Canada — if this country manages to stay disease-free. ASF does not affect humans, but the highly viral disease is nearly 100 per […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. seizes pork from China on swine fever concerns

Mar. 18, 2019 at 5:32 am CDT

Washington | Reuters — U.S. border agents have seized around one million pounds of pork from China, a spokesman for the agency said on Friday, over suspicions that it might contain African swine flu disease which has hit Chinese pork output. Federal agents have seized the supplies over the past […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rally on improving export prospects

Mar. 14, 2019 at 8:10 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures jumped 3.5 per cent on Thursday, supported by signs that exports could pick up due to rising Chinese demand, traders said. China bought 23,846 tonnes of U.S. pork last week, its biggest purchase in nearly two years, U.S. Department of Agriculture data showed […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hogs recover on hopes for China trade talks

Feb. 21, 2019 at 4:47 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures jumped on Thursday on increased optimism about the potential for progress in trade talks between Washington and Beijing. The top U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators resumed high-level negotiations to hash out a deal that could end their trade war, just over a week […]

By Tom Polansek