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A Senior Risk Management Analyst with HAMS Marketing Services the biggest risk for Canada’s pork producers as the result of U.S. tariff threats will come if U.S. pork is hit by retaliatory tariffs.

A Senior Risk Management Analyst with HAMS Marketing Services says the uncertainty created by the Trump administration’s on again off again tariff war has had a minimal impact on live hog prices.

A Risk Management Analyst with HAMS Marketing Services warns retaliatory duties imposed on U.S. pork in response to the Trump Administration’s tariff threats will have a far more negative effect on Canadian market hog prices than U.S. duties on imports from Canada.

A Senior Risk Management Analyst with HAMS Marketing Services says pork demand will need to improve significantly to stimulate a recovery in live hog markets.

The Director of Risk Management with HAMS Marketing Services is advising pork producers to take advantage of strong futures and lock in prices as new highs are established on a lot of the spring and summer month contracts.

The Director of Risk Management with HAMS Marketing Services says, in spite of exceptionally high feed costs, 2022 was among the top three year most profitable years for North American pork producers over the past decade and similar trends appear to be developing heading into 2023.

The Director of Risk Management with HAMS Marketing Services is advising pork producers to lock in their feed costs as they forward contract their hog production.

The Director of Risk Management with HAMS Marketing Services suggests access to labor will be the biggest challenge as the pork packing plants gear up for the heavier fall and winter and hog production.

The Director of Risk management with HAMS Marketing Services says profitability in the swine sector through this winter and into early spring will depend largely on feed grain prices.

The Director of Risk Management with HAMS Marketing Services expects tight North American hog supplies and potential increased pork demand from China to limit the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on North American hog markets.