Hog Prices-Markets
Cash-traded feeder pig reported volume was above average with 15,850 head reported. Cash feeder pig reported prices were $82.26, up $1.94 per head from last week.
If the U.S. consumer is to truly reimagine pork, some fairly significant changes may be required over time, says CoBank’s Earnest. Despite the challenges associated with broadening pork’s appeal with domestic consumers, he says the industry is in a strong position.
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New facility in Perry, Iowa, will create 500 new jobs, boost local economy and feed millions nationwide.
The Intercontinental Congress of Pork Producers attracts global players in the pork industry and provides a showcase for innovations, access to key decision makers, and an opportunity to make strategic connections.
Cash-traded feeder pig reported volume was below average with 8,298 head reported. Cash feeder pig reported prices were $80.32, up $0.27 per head from last week.
Expect a rebalancing of global pork trade, modest supply growth and ongoing volatility in 2025, experts say in RaboResearch’s Global Pork Quarterly report.
China is one of the biggest importers of American breeding pigs and other livestock genetic material such as cattle semen. These lucrative niche export markets had been growing, but have dried up since the start of the U.S.-China trade war.
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Cash-traded feeder pig reported volume was below average with 12,950 head reported. Cash feeder pig reported prices were $80.05, up $0.77 per head from last week.
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JBS global CEO says the impact on JBS operations from the global tariff war have been “insignificant” so far, with a nearly 78% annual increase in net profit driven by its poultry and pork businesses in Brazil and the U.S.
NPPC President Duane Stateler says it’s just as critical – if not more – that the House Agriculture Committee keeps its promise to take action on a solution to the many problems triggered by California Proposition 12.
Cash-traded feeder pig reported volume was below average with 12,000 head reported. Cash feeder pig reported prices were $79.28, down $0.01 per head from last week.
How do you remain calm and composed under the pressures in Washington, D.C., today? NPPC’s Maria C. Zieba says her passion for the people she represents is what makes it possible to keep going despite the challenges that come her way.
Dave Chatterton, Strategic Farm Marketing, says the markets faded the news as the realization set in that no major breakthroughs in the trade talks are expected and a long term trade deal with China could take quite some time.
As trade negotiations continue with China and Mexico, USMEF’s Dan Halstrom and Illinois pig farmer Chad Leman share their perspectives on what’s ahead for pork and beef producers.
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Cash traded feeder pig reported volume was above average with 15,775 head reported. Cash feeder pig reported prices were $79.29, down $3.65 per head from last week.
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Two questions come to mind when comparing Brazil to the U.S. What is driving Brazil’s increase in production and what production-related changes are occurring in Brazil?
The sales disruption shows how the tariff war escalated by President Donald Trump is upending global trade and forcing changes at a prominent food company that pays U.S. farmers to raise hogs.
Morgan Wonderly, a pork producer from California, speaks out about the younger generation’s changing ideas surrounding meat. It might surprise you.
Cash-traded feeder pig reported volume was below average with 7,910 head reported. Cash feeder pig reported prices were $82.94, up $0.13 per head from last week.
USDA reports this is the largest cancellation of U.S. pork since May 2020, early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Economist Brett Stuart says it’s time to panic slowly, but the story is not over yet.
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The pork buyers’ attorneys on Tuesday in a court filing asked U.S. District Judge John Tunheim in Minnesota to preliminarily approve the three new settlements in the class action.
Cash-traded feeder pig reported volume was above average with 25,080 head reported.
An undercover video filmed in a pig barn ranked as the week’s “low” for one of the experts in the latest State of the Pork Industry Report taking a look back at the first quarter of 2025.
Here’s a look at the newly released data from PIC and Circana on where the consumer stands today in terms of acceptance and sentiment toward gene-edited pork.