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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 ...
Thursday, November 15, 2012
China Piglet Weekly: Weak trends remain prevalent (week ended Nov 14, 2012)
Although hog prices picked up in several regions, piglet demand remained poor in most parts of China as smaller farms were reluctant to build inventories amid losses. In regions where more new farms were established, demands for piglets wer ...
Thursday, November 8, 2012
China Piglet Weekly: Market continues to face slack demand (week ended Nov 7, 2012)
Piglet prices stabilised in east China and Sichuan, where hog prices were firm, but continued to fall in other parts of the country as inventory building interest stayed low. In Guangdong and Gunagxi, where hog producers suffered heavy loss ...
Thursday, November 1, 2012
China Piglet Weekly: Sharp price fall in central, south China (week ended Oct 31, 2012)
Soft hog prices continued to dampen the confidence of China hog producers, resulting in poor demand for piglet. Prices fell prominently in central and south China, where pork consumption was decimated by the warm weather. Piglet prices will ...
Friday, October 26, 2012
China Piglet Weekly: Price fall slows; demand stays weak (week ended Oct 24, 2012)
Smaller farms' interest to build inventories remained poor, with several farmers leaving pig pens empty to minimise losses. Nonetheless, breeder farms were reluctant to lower prices, which were approaching output costs. Producers are suffer ...
Thursday, October 18, 2012
China Piglet Weekly: Poor inventory building interest weakens prices (week ended Oct 17, 2012)
There was no piglet transaction during the one-week break in early October. After the holidays, weak demand dragged down prices as hog producers continued to limit inventory expansion with the market outlook bleak and rearing returns poor. ...
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
China Piglet Weekly: Light trade holds prices flat (week ended Sep 30, 2012)
The piglet market was quiet during the week before the long October holidays and Mid-autumn Festival, as hog producers prepared for the festive celebrations. Hence, prices of piglets remained flat amid light trade. Demand for piglet is unli ...
Thursday, September 27, 2012
China Piglet Weekly: Buying interest remains poor (week ended Sep 26, 2012)
Piglet market showed little improvement amid light trade. Smaller hog producers continued to withhold procurements while feed costs stayed high despite sliding soymeal prices. Demand for piglet is expected to stay weak as hog prices will sl ...
Thursday, September 20, 2012
China Piglet Weekly: High feed costs limit demand (week ended Sep 19, 2012)
Piglet demand remained weak while prices consolidated within a narrow range during the period in review. Even as hog prices have increased for the seventh consecutive week, the surge in feed costs due to soymeal rally has dampened the confi ...
Thursday, September 13, 2012
China Piglet Weekly: Prices stabilise from recent falls (week ended Sep 12, 2012)
Piglet price falls stabilised in most regions over the week. However, even though hog markets stood firm, farms were cautious in building inventories as costs of feed ingredients trended higher of late. High feed costs, uncertain outlook of ...
Monday, September 10, 2012
China Piglet Weekly: Sharp price falls in north China (week ended Sep 6, 2012)
Soaring soymeal prices dampened the inventory building interest of smaller hog farms. Price falls of piglet were particularly sharp in north China due to slack demand. Piglet prices are expected to remain weak with supplies ample while dema ...
Thursday, August 30, 2012
China Piglet Weekly: Piglet demand stays soft despite hog prices (week ended Aug 29, 2012)
Even though hog prices increased 5% over the past three weeks, hog producers were still hesitant about expanding inventories. As small farms which do not produce own piglets were still incurring losses, most of them chose to keep pig pens e ...
Thursday, August 23, 2012
China Piglet Weekly: Uncertain hog market outlook decimates piglet sales (week ended Aug 22, 2012)
Although hog prices rose for the second consecutive week, hog producers remained prudent as the outlook of the market remained uncertain. Hence, piglet demand stayed soft while most small farmers withheld purchases. High feed costs and unce ...

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