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Hog market recovering from pandemic lows

China again a major driver of hog values

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News March 27, 2021

MarketsFarm — In April 2020, during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, prices for lean hog futures dropped to their lowest point since 2002, falling below US$40 per hundredweight. Nearly a year later, the industry is in the middle of a speedy recovery. At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) on Thursday, lean hog futures […] Read more

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HyLife buys pork packing, hog production capacity

Firm buys stake in U.S. packer, Manitoba hog farming business

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News May 29, 2020

Canadian hog production and pork processing firm HyLife has moved to expand its reach in North American pork packing as well as Manitoba hog farming. La Broquerie, Man.-based HyLife announced last week it has bought a 75 per cent stake in Taylor Corp.’s Prime Pork, a packing and processing operation at Windom, Minnesota, about 200 […] Read more

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Pork exports key in 2018 as U.S. slaughter ramps up

By Dave Sims January 30, 2018

CNS Canada –– Canadian pork producers should see higher returns for their product in the spring of 2018, but whether those prices last may determine how successful Canada is at tapping new markets. According to U.S. Department of Agriculture supply estimates, weekly U.S. hog slaughter numbers over the past two months have averaged 2.369 million […] Read more

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Hog sector optimistic heading into New Year

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm December 21, 2016

CNS Canada –– A rally in U.S. hog futures over the past few weeks is also being felt in the Canadian industry, which has brought some optimism to the sector heading into the New Year. “The isoweans are stronger, which tells us that there is greater demand in the U.S. going into the spring and […] Read more

(Regis Lefebure photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Hog prices fighting for stability

By Dave Sims November 27, 2015

CNS Canada — Canadian hog prices have been drifting slightly lower over the past few weeks but are showing signs of turning the corner, according to one industry expert in Saskatchewan. Brad Marceniuk, a provincial livestock development specialist in Saskatoon, said he expects prices to stabilize in the next couple of weeks as slaughter numbers […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Pork prices set to soften, analyst says

By Dave Sims September 16, 2015

CNS Canada — As the North American barbecue season winds down for another year, so too goes some strength in the pork market. For instance, cash slaughter-weight hogs in Saskatchewan, based on the Maple Leaf Signature #3 contract, averaged $162.55/cwt last week, down $7.95 (4.7 per cent) per 100 kg, according to Brad Marceniuk, a […] Read more

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Bayer, Corteva in ‘two-dog battle’ over U.S. soy market

CBOT weekly outlook: Focus to shift after USDA’s largely stand-pat WASDE report

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On-farm cybersecurity campaign gets backing

Bayer, Corteva in ‘two-dog battle’ over U.S. soy market

CBOT weekly outlook: Focus to shift after USDA’s largely stand-pat WASDE report

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Hog market recovering from pandemic lows

HyLife buys pork packing, hog production capacity

Pork exports key in 2018 as U.S. slaughter ramps up

Hog sector optimistic heading into New Year

Hog prices fighting for stability

Pork prices set to soften, analyst says

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