Insights and Stories on Swine

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs fall on demand uncertainty

Mar. 18, 2020 at 5:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. livestock futures fell on Wednesday, pressured by sharp declines in the equities markets and uncertainty about demand due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The cattle and hog markets surged on Tuesday because of strength in the cash market after consumers cleared out grocery store shelves […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs rally after grocery stores depleted

Mar. 17, 2020 at 4:24 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

China encourages firms to raise pigs overseas

Mar. 16, 2020 at 7:44 pm CDT

By Hallie Gu Shivani Singh

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures hit 10-year lows

Mar. 16, 2020 at 3:55 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs, cattle limit down on coronavirus fears

Mar. 13, 2020 at 6:14 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Wall Street leads CME cattle, hogs limit down

Mar. 12, 2020 at 7:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle and feeder cattle futures plunged their daily limit on Thursday, dragged down by another steep sell-off on Wall Street, fears of a global recession and continued uncertainty about consumer demand for meat, traders said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange April live cattle contract settled down […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures sag as virus woes fuel recession fears

Mar. 11, 2020 at 6:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures fell on Wednesday, with several deferred months setting contract lows as fears of a global recession sent global equity markets tumbling and fueled uncertainty about consumer demand for beef, traders said. “The cattle market really follows what is going on with equities, […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs follow rebound on Wall Street

Mar. 10, 2020 at 7:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures closed higher on Tuesday, following as Wall Street charged back from the prior day’s steep losses as the world’s biggest economies moved to cushion the impact of the coronavirus, traders said. The rally in global equity markets overshadowed bearish fundamentals in the […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures dive, led by energy, equity markets

Mar. 9, 2020 at 6:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures fell on Monday for a third straight session and hit life-of-contract lows following a plunge in crude oil and equity markets amid fears of a global recession, traders said. “When you have the stock market losing five to seven per cent of […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. says it would ban pig shipments if swine fever detected

Mar. 6, 2020 at 6:13 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday it will prohibit shipments of all pigs for at least three days if the nation ever finds a case of a fatal hog disease that has ravaged China’s herd. The federal government is preparing to contain and eradicate African […]

By Reuters