Insights and Stories on Swine Fever

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs tumble for third straight session

Jun. 24, 2019 at 5:33 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures fell sharply for a third straight session on Monday in a technical and fund- selling drop fueled by ample supplies of hogs and pork. Actively traded nearby contracts shed more than four per cent, with losses over the past […]

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs fall as pork sales to China disappoint

Jun. 20, 2019 at 6:40 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs up on bargain buying

Jun. 19, 2019 at 6:31 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs slide on fund liquidation

Jun. 14, 2019 at 7:28 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

No proof natural compound prevents swine fever, China ag ministry says

Jun. 13, 2019 at 2:34 pm CDT

By Reuters

China to ramp up inspections on all Canadian meat imports

Jun. 4, 2019 at 6:55 pm CDT

Customs agents in China now plan to open all containers of inbound Canadian meat and meat products and will inspect up to 100 per cent of their contents, Reuters reported Tuesday. The news agency quoted a notice from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada which said the Canadian embassy in Beijing had […]

By GFM Staff

China faces long struggle to tackle African swine fever, OIE says

May. 30, 2019 at 10:14 am CDT

Paris | Reuters — It will take years for China to contain the deadly African swine fever virus that has spread throughout the country, which is the world’s biggest pork producer, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said on Tuesday. China has been struggling to control the epidemic, which […]

By Sybille De La Hamaide

Canada, U.S. plan trade zones for whenever swine fever hits

May. 25, 2019 at 2:23 pm CDT

Federal officials in Canada and the U.S. have agreed on zone defense, so to speak, to allow safe trade of hogs and pork products if African swine fever should turn up in hogs in either country. Canada’s chief veterinary officer Dr. Jaspinder Komal and U.S. CVO Dr. Jack Shere said […]

By GFM Staff

U.S. livestock: Lean hog futures erode on China trade tensions

May. 22, 2019 at 6:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures drifted lower on Wednesday and touched a one-week low as the market was pressured by concerns that the U.S.-China trade war is far from resolution. Traders did not expect any significant Chinese buying of U.S. pork in weekly export […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. to begin testing sick and dead pigs for African swine fever

May. 16, 2019 at 4:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture within weeks will begin testing sick and dead pigs for a hog virus that has killed herds across Asia in an effort to minimize devastation if the disease enters the United States, the agency said on Thursday. Increased testing aims to […]