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

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 60 cents to $1 across the nearbys on Friday, with February slipping 42 cents last week.

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 saw a rebound on Wednesday, up 95 cents to $1.45 at the close. Open interest was down 1,227 contracts on Wednesday. USDA’s national base hog price from Wednesday afternoon was ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...