Insights and Stories on Swine

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. […]

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

Jul. 18, 2019 at 8:02 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hogs near limit up on renewed pork export hopes

Jul. 17, 2019 at 6:51 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures weaken as beef prices decline

Jul. 16, 2019 at 5:56 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Live cattle sag as traders eye lower boxed-beef prices

Jul. 15, 2019 at 5:17 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs end lower

Jul. 11, 2019 at 7:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures fell about three per cent on Thursday on sluggish cash markets, traders said, retreating after a two-session surge that lifted the August contract to a near-three-week high a day earlier. CME August lean hogs settled down 2.55 cents at […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up on firming cash pork, China hopes

Jul. 9, 2019 at 7:09 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures roared higher on Tuesday, with the most-active August and October contracts settling up by the daily three-cent-per pound limit on a mix of technical buying, firmer cash pork values and optimism about U.S. trade talks with China, traders said. […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs down on ample supplies

Jul. 8, 2019 at 7:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures closed lower on Monday for a third straight session as plentiful U.S. hog and pork supplies continued to weigh on the market, analysts said. CME’s most-active August lean hogs contract ended down 0.975 cent at 76.075 cents/lb. after dipping […]

By Julie Ingwersen

PigTrace tag price going up

Jul. 8, 2019 at 5:36 pm CDT

Hog producers will have to pay more for traceability in the near future. Canada’s PigTrace program will be raising ear tag prices as of Aug. 1. Prices will go up 20 cents for every small ear tag and 35 cents for every large ear tag, a release from the Manitoba […]

By GFM Staff

Canada, EU agree to swine fever zoning rules

Jul. 8, 2019 at 11:47 am CDT

Canada and Europe have agreed to new zoning arrangements in a case of African swine fever outbreak, but it’s not clear what will actually change. The agreement, which Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced Wednesday. would allow for safe trade of swine products from disease-free zones if a case of ASF […]

By Geralyn Wichers