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Friday, March 8, 2013
China Piglet Weekly: Prices stabilise amid tight supply (week ended Mar 7, 2013)
Tightened piglet supplies stabilised hog prices even as demand stayed slow. In the southern parts of the country, where hog manure is used to assist in enriching aquaculture ponds in backyard farming, strong piglet demands lifted prices con ...
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
China Piglet Weekly: Poor buying interest drags down prices (week ended Feb 26, 2013)
Piglet market continued to be under pressure while hog prices slid further. In Guangdong and Guangxi, where demands were exceptionally weak, piglet prices fell prominently from high levels. Small-scale hog farmers are prudent as the outlook ...
Friday, February 22, 2013
China Piglet Weekly: Weak hog market softens piglet prices (week ended Feb 21, 2013)
As hog market weakened of late, piglet prices showed signs of weakening amid slack buying interest. Most backyard farms continued to keep inventories low in view of poor rearing returns ahead. Piglet prices are likely to move lower as farme ...
Thursday, February 7, 2013
China Piglet Weekly: Flat demand holds prices stagnant (week ended Feb 6, 2013)
Piglet demand showed little improvement as hog prices slid over the week. Even though rearing profits increased substantially during January, small-scale farms continued to keep inventories low in view of poor returns ahead. After the long ...
Friday, February 1, 2013
China Piglet Weekly: Price hike fails to stimulate buying interest (week ended Jan 31, 2013)
The recent week's surge in piglet prices failed to stimulate farmers' anxiety to build inventories. Trade was light over the week, resulting in flat piglet prices. Nonetheless, breeder farms, which were making little profits, refused to bud ...
Thursday, January 24, 2013
China Piglet Weekly: Breeder farms lift prices significantly (week ended Jan 23, 2013)
As piglet supplies reduced considerably, breeder farms lifted prices prominently during the period in review. However, trade remained light while small farms continued to withhold inventory expansion. The low supplies of piglet will lend co ...
Thursday, January 17, 2013
China Piglet Weekly: Cautious mood decimated demand (week ended Jan 16, 2013)
Demand for piglet remained slack in China as hog producers were reluctant to build inventories during this time of the year. Small-scale farmers continued to hold back procurements amid concerns of high disease rates and low profits.
Friday, January 11, 2013
China Piglet Weekly: Prices unchanged light trade (week ended Jan 10, 2013)
Even though farming returns have improved considerably during December, small-scale farms, who managed to break even, continued to withhold purchases. Moreover, post-New Year trade was slow as several farms were still in celebration mood. B ...
Friday, January 4, 2013
China Piglet Weekly: Prices continue to rise (week ended Jan 3 2013)
Due to reduced feed costs in December and strong hog prices, which have increased 13%% over the past two months, medium- and large-scale hog producers were more willing to expand piglet inventories of late. This, together with limited suppl ...
Thursday, December 27, 2012
China Piglet Weekly: Reduced supply perks up prices (week ended Dec 26 2012)
The demand for piglet remained slow in China. Nonetheless, prices rose as piglet supplies tightened amid higher disease infections. Inventory building interest is unlikely to improve prominently as small-scale farms continue to suffer losse ...
Friday, December 21, 2012
China Piglet Weekly: Poor buying interest prices flat (week ended Dec 19 2012)
Higher disease rates and operation deficits kept piglet buying interest weak. Prices were therefore flat during the period in review. Demand is unlikely to strengthen in the coming period as piglets procured now will reach finishing weight ...
Friday, December 14, 2012
China Piglet Weekly: Lacklustre demand holds prices flat (week ended Dec 6 2012)
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Friday, December 14, 2012
China Piglet Weekly: Strong hog market fails to lift piglet prices (week ended Dec 13 2012)
China's rising hog prices, which have surged 8.2% over five week, failed to stimulate inventory building interest of hog farmers. To make matter worse, outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in several regions further dampened the confidence o ...
Thursday, November 29, 2012
China Piglet Weekly: Market stable but lacks momentum (week ended Nov 28, 2012)
Piglet sales remained poor despite rising hog prices, as small-scale farmers continued to incur losses. Moreover, although piglet prices were lower compared with November 2011, they were still substantially higher than the prices in 2009 an ...
Friday, November 23, 2012
China Piglet Weekly: Price stable amid reduced supplies (week ended Nov 21, 2012)
Even though hog markets showed clearer signs of recovery, the demand for piglets by small-scale farms, which were incurring losses, continued to stay weak. Prices of piglets were nonetheless stable of late amid reduced supplies. Demand is u ...

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