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.

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

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 ...

As of Dec. 1, there were 75.5 million hogs and pigs across U.S. swine production systems. The Q4 2025 inventory was up ...

Lean hog futures are trading with losses of 65 cents to $1.60 in the nearbys on Thursday. The USDA national average base hog negotiated price was up 95 cents at $88.49 in the Thursday AM report. The ...

Lean hog futures are trading higher on Thursday as contracts are taking back the Wednesday weakness, with contracts 95 cents to $1.20. USDA’s national base hog prices from the Thursday AM report was ...

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 ...