Insights and Stories on U.s. Pork

Canadian Pork Council meets with U.S. and Mexican counterparts

Jul. 16, 2025 at 3:48 pm CDT

Leaders of the North American pork sector reaffirmed their commitment to producing nutritious, sustainable and affordable pork at a recent trilateral meeting held in Niagara on the Lake, Ont.

Issues loom over hog farmers as they gather in Des Moines

Jun. 5, 2024 at 1:12 pm CDT

By Ed White

U.S. finalizes higher standard for ‘Product of USA’ meat label

Mar. 11, 2024 at 4:34 pm CDT

By Leah Douglas Reuters

Tyson Foods to close Iowa pork plant with 1,200 workers

Mar. 11, 2024 at 3:56 pm CDT

By Reuters Tom Polansek

Close-up picture of U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack.

US agriculture secretary sees ‘chaos’ in meat market without congressional action on Prop 12

Feb. 14, 2024 at 12:03 pm CST

By Leah Douglas Reuters

Smaller U.S. swine herd likely as Prop 12 takes effect, think tank says

Dec. 29, 2023 at 11:38 am CST

The cost of compliance with a California animal welfare law, which takes full effect on New Year’s Day, will likely shrink the U.S. national hog herd and lead to further consolidation, a Washington State think tank says. “No one will be spared the change in market pressures,” wrote Pam Lewison, […]

By Geralyn Wichers

Packers win dismissal of U.S. pork price-fixing suits

Aug. 8, 2019 at 7:24 pm CDT

Reuters — A federal judge on Thursday dismissed antitrust lawsuits accusing several large U.S. pork companies of conspiring to limit the supply of pork to inflate prices and their own profits at the expense of consumers and other purchasers. Chief Judge John Tunheim of the federal court in Minneapolis said […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hog futures recover on hopes for China trade deal

May. 9, 2019 at 6:07 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures shook off early losses to end mostly higher on Thursday as fears about rising acrimony between Washington and Beijing gave way to hopes that negotiators may be able to hammer out a deal to end the U.S.-China trade war. U.S. President Donald Trump […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs rebound on demand hopes, pork margins

Dec. 5, 2018 at 6:18 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures rebounded on Wednesday after two sessions of declines as improving meat packer margins and hopes for more pork sales to China buoyed the market. Traders are anticipating more pork sales to China following surprise sales to the world’s largest hog and pork […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Hogs ease on weak cash markets, spreading

Aug. 28, 2018 at 5:08 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell on Tuesday, pressured by weaker prices in cash hog markets and spreading as the market gave back a portion of the steep gains notched on Monday, traders and analysts said. Hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Monday jumped by […]

By Michael Hirtzer

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