Lean hog futures posted losses of 60 cents to $1 across the nearbys on Friday, with February slipping 42 cents this week.

USDA estimates 2025 pork production is down 1.2% year-over-year and predicts 2026 pork production will be unchanged from this ...

Jeff Hoogendoorn with Professional Ag Marketing says the grain markets were lower on disappointment about the tariff truce with China being delayed another 90-days as there was optimism for a deal.

Lean hog futures posted losses of a nickel to 35 cents on Wednesday. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $70.19 on ...

Lean hog futures closed out Friday with gains of 35 to 87 cents. July posted a new life of contract high at $113.02. USDA’s daily direct hog report showed the national base hog price at $110.46, down ...

PASO ROBLES, Calif – Sinton and Sons Local Meats and Provisions is taking corrective actions after federal inspectors witnessed the improper slaughter of a pig in early February. Personnel with the ...

Lean hog futures posted losses of 90 cents to $1.80 on Thursday, as July was back down $5.27 this week. USDA’s national base hog price was back down $1.85 in the Thursday PM report, with negotiated ...

Though lower feed costs in 2024 have provided opportunities for profitability, hog producers have a long way to go to make up for their 2023 losses, when farrow-to-finish operations lost $31 per head.

USDA’s second Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report of 2025, released on June 26, contains key metrics for the hog industry including inventory, the number of pigs saved from every litter and the number of ...

The nation’s swine inventory has been holding steady the past year and showed an increase of 1% during the second quarter as the herd has a count of 75.1 million pigs. That was the finding from the ...

A Medway-based butcher shop has fired an employee after he allegedly sent out a social media post of hogs from the Clark County Fair being slaughtered. The 30-second video obtained by the this news ...

A new study from the Iowa Pork Producers Association finds the hog industry contributed more than $15-billion to Iowa’s economy last year. Association spokesman Kevin Hall says the study, which is ...