News - Hog Prices

An agricultural economics professor with the University of Missouri predicts continued record live hog prices through the third quarter of 2014.

The chair of Manitoba Pork Council says 2014 is shaping up to be a much better year for pork producers than 2013.

The general manager of h@ms Marketing Services says alternate hog pricing methods used by the pork industry to price hogs during the suspension of non-essential U.S. government services appear to have been effective in ensuring producers were paid fairly.

The general manager of h@ms Marketing Services reports, despite the partial shutdown of U.S. government services, the confidence of North American pork producers in the manner in which live hog prices are determined remains intact.

The chair of Manitoba Pork Council says the prospects of increased grain production this year and improved hog futures prices have dramatically brightened the outlook for western Canadian pork producers.

h@ms Marketing Services has introduced a new Fixed Forward Price Program that will be provided to hog producers marketing to Thunder Creek Pork in Moose Jaw.

An agricultural economist with the University of Missouri anticipates the profitability of North American pork producers will continue to improve as we move toward the first day of summer.

An agricultural economist with the University of Missouri says the U.S. pork industry could well set a new pork export record in 2013.

h@ms Marketing Services says improved hog prices over the past couple of months have helped generate renewed optimism within the Canadian pork industry.

The Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture credits a 30 percent increase in the value of live hogs over the past few weeks to higher pork cutout values fueled by heightened consumer demand for pork.