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Saturday, September 12, 2020
Canadian pork sector wants higher compensation rate for losing hog producers
The chair of the Canadian Pork Council has called for the "fixing" of AgriStability, a business risk management programme under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership, which protects Canadian producers against large declines in far ...
Wednesday, September 2, 2020
China Live Hog: Tight availability underpins China hog prices (week ended Aug 28, 2020)
Hog prices consolidated higher despite higher releases. As supplies remained 14% lower on-year, price falls of hog showed signs of stabilising while slaughterhouses stocked inventories in view of stronger pork demand from canteen operators.
Wednesday, September 2, 2020
China Broiler: AA broiler market stays firm amid high hog prices (week ended Aug 28, 2020)
Slaughterhouses continued to expand chicken inventories, albeit more prudently after prices moved higher. With hog prices staying high and likely to surge further, demand for chicken products remained promising hence lending support to AA b ...
Saturday, August 29, 2020
Oversupply of US hogs hounds industry
The oversupply of hogs in the US pork production system is seen to worsen in the long run, as many meat-processing facilities remain or may shut down due to the lingeringCOVID-19 pandemic.
Sunday, August 23, 2020
Philippine city culls 200 hogs due to ASF
Philippines' North Cotabato governor has ordered the disposal of all hogs within the five-kilometer radius of a village in Kidapawan City to contain the spread of the ASF virus, Philippine News Agency (PNA) reported.
Saturday, August 15, 2020
US hog farmers seek amendments to livestock risk protection programme
Hog farmers across the US have urged the Department of Agriculture's Federal Crop Insurance Corp. (FCIC) to institute changes in the Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) insurance programme that would mitigate the impact of unexpected declines i ...
Thursday, August 13, 2020
Pygmy hogs placed under lockdown after ASF outbreak in India
Pygmy hogs, the world's smallest and rarest wild pig, have been put are under a virus lockdown relating to the first outbreak of African swine fever in India, The Evening Standard reported.
Tuesday, August 11, 2020
US' Maxwell Foods to close hog operations in 2021
Maxwell Foods, a food company based in Goldsboro, North Carolina, the United States, announced it will permanently shut down its hog operations next year.
Saturday, August 8, 2020
Minnesota's Christensen Farms gets most aid in Iowa hog disposal programme - report
Christensen Farms, one of the US' largest family-owned pork producers, reportedly received most of the support money that the state of Iowa has given to farmers who euthanized their hogs amid the crisis brought about by the novel coronaviru ...
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
China's hog futures contract set to launch soon
China's much anticipated live hog futures contract will soon launch, providing a vital hedging tool for biggest pork industry in the world already affected by an African swine fever (ASF) outbreak, Reuters reported.
Monday, July 27, 2020
US pork council urges Congress to save livelihood of hog farmers
US hog farmers continue to face an unprecedented emergency as a result of COVID-related challenges, with an estimated two million hogs still backed-up on farms according to an analysis by Dr. Steve Meyer, an economist with Kerns & Assoc ...
Sunday, July 26, 2020
China Xiangtai Food grows hog business in Guangxi
China Xiangtai Food Co., Ltd. has entered into a lease agreement to expand its hog breeding business in Guangxi province through its primary operating subsidiary, Chongqing Penglin Food Co. Ltd., Financial News Media reported.
Sunday, July 19, 2020
Philippine official warns public on bringing in hogs, by-products
Philippines' North Cotabato Governor Nancy Catamco has cautioned the public against bringing in prohibited meat products in the face of ASF infection in the province, Philippine News Agency reported.
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
China Live Hog Weekly: 30% price surge in six weeks amid scarce supply (week ended Jul 10, 2020)
Although the demand for pork weakened as summer holidays began, prices of hog surged almost 4% amid dwindling availability. Worsening the situation, severe floods in several regions impeded the delivery of hogs.
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Canada hog farmers' donation provides over 200,000 ground pork meals to needy families
A grassroots fundraising initiative by Canadian hog farmers and their industry partners in Ontario has contributed C$85,000 to a food-bank programme amid the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.

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