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The volume of pork exported by the European Union (EU) during the first ten months of 2020 exceeded the record volume of pork exported in all of 2019.
China’s pork output fell less than expected last year as it recovered from the impact of an incurable hog disease that depleted breeding stock.
It’s been an interesting start to 2021. COVID-19 cases are still surging and the political and market landscape has changed dramatically. CoBank shares their latest pork outlook.
Driven by higher estimates for pork, the China total meat import forecasts were revised up for both 2020 and 2021, according to the USDA Livestock and Poultry World Markets and Trade report.
No ractopamine has been detected in the first batch of American pork imports since the country lifted a ban on U.S. pork containing the feed additive, but Taiwanese consumers are still turning away from imported pork.
China’s newly launched live hog futures tumbled to reach limit down on their second day of trading on the Dalian Commodity Exchange on expectations that the hog herd size will increase as new farms start up.
China’s live hog futures tumbled in their debut on the Dalian Commodity Exchange, with analysts attributing the sell-off to the contract’s high listing price and expectations of increasing supplies.
In USDA’s Dec. 1 Quarterly Hogs & Pigs Report, analysts said the decline of the breeding herd stood out as one of the more important numbers, and spoke to the uncertainty of overall supplies for summer and fall 2021.
Agricultural economists shared their forecast prices for the next several quarters following the Dec. 23 announcement of the Dec. 1 Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report in a teleconference funded by the Pork Checkoff.
Five respected economists in the pork industry share their insight on what’s ahead in 2021 and ways producers can make the most of new opportunities ahead.