Insights and Stories on Swine Fever

Pork industry looks ahead from turbulent 2021

Feb. 4, 2022 at 8:00 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Labour shortages caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, high feed costs and lower prices posed constant threats to Canada’s hog industry in 2021. Nevertheless, pork appears to be in a good spot entering 2022, according to two analysts. “2021 was not the best, but not the worst,” said Tyler […]

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures end higher in short-covering bounce

Jan. 11, 2022 at 6:53 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

Swine fever found in wild boar in Italy

Jan. 7, 2022 at 7:02 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures rise on sustained buying

Sep. 30, 2021 at 3:52 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. puts up funds to prevent African swine fever

Sep. 29, 2021 at 4:48 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle follow packer demand down

Sep. 21, 2021 at 6:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell on Tuesday, pressured by weak cash cattle trade as packer demand remains light, analysts said. “The lack of bids is daunting,” said Joe Kooima, commodity broker at Kooima Kooima Varilek Trading Inc. Kooima noted packers have enough cattle purchased […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: CME lean hog futures rise from February low

Sep. 16, 2021 at 6:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures climbed on Thursday, as the market recovered from a decline to its lowest prices since February. Technical buying helped support prices, while concerns about waning U.S. pork exports continue to hang over the market, analysts said. The U.S. Department of […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME hogs hit six-month lows

Sep. 14, 2021 at 5:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures dropped to their lowest prices in more than six months on Tuesday, while cattle futures recovered a day after hitting June lows on concerns about a fire at a major Nebraska beef plant. The hog market extended recent losses under […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. seeks to protect pork exports if swine fever hits territories

Aug. 26, 2021 at 4:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The United States said on Thursday it is seeking to avoid disruptions to pork exports if the territories of Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands detect the fatal pig disease African swine fever. The risk for infections in the territories is higher after the Dominican […]

By Reuters

German hog market shrugs off swine fever discovery on farms

Jul. 21, 2021 at 4:57 pm CDT

Hamburg | Reuters — German pig prices were unchanged this week despite the discovery of the disease African swine fever in farm animals, German animal farmers’ association VEZG said on Wednesday. German pig prices were the same as last week at 1.42 euros (C$2.10) per kilogram slaughter weight, the VEZG […]

By Reuters

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