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Cash-traded weaner pig volume was below average this week with 46,650 head being reported which is 90% of the 52-week average.

Cash-traded weaner pig volume was below average this week with 41,830 head being reported which is 81% of the 52-week average. Cash prices were $61.48, up $3.01 from a week ago.

Cash-traded weaner pig reported volume was above average this past week, with 42,801 head reported. Cash weaner pig reported prices were $56.79, down $4.17 per head from last week.

Cash-traded weaner pig reported volume was above average this past week, with 53,200 head reported.

The COVID-19 pandemic caught our world by surprise. That’s one reason why the Swine Health Information Center is focused on preventing or preparing for emerging diseases. No one wants to be surprised like that again.

Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) may be back on the table, but it’s far from a done deal. The topic was brought up during Tom Vilsack’s confirmation hear thing week, but one economist says the economics have changed.

Chinese scientists have found a natural mutation in the African swine fever virus they say could be less deadly than the strain that ravaged the world’s largest pig herd in 2018 and 2019.

2020 was a banner year for pork exports. U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) will release the final 2020 data early next week, but USMEF’s CEO says the data will confirm record pork exports last year.

During the month of February, the Illinois Pork Producers Association is launching a 4-week video series to fill the void of no in-person pork expo this month.

A surge in hog disease outbreaks this winter in China, the world’s biggest pork producer, will slow the industry’s rapid recovery since the African swine fever contagion three years ago.