Commodity Markets, Prices & Futures
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Latest News from Markets
NPPC seeks solution for historic China sales opportunity.
USDA releasing its Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report.
President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday urged cooperation in pursuing resolution to the ongoing trade disagreements with China, reports Jim Wiesemeyer of Pro Farmer.
Access to foreign markets hinges on compliance with new standards
Livestock farmers achieved an unprecedented victory when President Donald Trump signed the 2018 Farm Bill Thursday afternoon.
China’s pork prices are likely to climb next year due to the tight supply from the continuing spread of African swine fever in China.
Jerry Gulke provides the rest of the story behind some of the issues in agricultural commodity markets in hopes it will provide information to help readers make better management decisions.
Feed costs were down and May futures were up, creating a better breakeven price for sellers of weaner pigs this week. Cash feeder pig prices were higher too, at $47.78, up $4.64 from the previous week.
Starting Dec. 7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service will publish new Daily Prior Day Hog Purchase Reports through its Livestock Mandatory Reporting Program.
A bipartisan bill is set for discussion in the North Carolina state legislature that would provide $25 million in federal CARES Act funding to help meat-processing plants add capacity and help independent producers.