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China’s live hog futures fell to a weekly low on Friday, erasing some gains made earlier in the week, as ample pork supplies weighed on prices.

Taiwan will postpone four referendums due late next month because of fears about the spread of COVID-19, as the government raced to contain a new outbreak at a Taipei wholesale food market.

The pork industry has plenty of data. And sometimes, that’s the problem. Data without direction or communication is hard to act on and usually results in producers and systems sticking to the same patterns and habits.

The pork industry is celebrating the one-year anniversary of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement with increased U.S. exports in the first quarter of 2021 in both Canada and Mexico.

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Taiwan’s chief trade negotiator said he told the U.S. he hopes the two can sign a free trade agreement, a deal which would be a strong show of U.S. support in the face of relentless Chinese pressure against the island.

It’s been quite a year for price versus slaughter relationships, says Kevin Grier of Kevin Grier Market Analysis and Consulting following the Hogs and Pigs Report. Three ag economists share their forecasted prices.

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When it comes to swine disease, the pork industry is taking a hard look at national biosecurity from movements of pigs throughout the country to feed systems.