USDA is predicting that 2026 pork imports will be up 2.5% and 2026 pork exports will be up 1.8%. Both imports and exports in ...

Smithfield Foods has inked a deal with VisionAg, an affiliate of North Carolina’s HD3 Farms, to start a new hog production business early next year as the meat producer gears up to go public, the ...

Dwight Mogler of Pig Hill Farms near Lester, Iowa, houses sows in individual stalls when they're ready to be bred, to keep them from showing aggression towards one another. But the stalls are too ...

The place aspect of hog market reporting involves collecting and disseminating data based on specific geographic locations to reflect regional market differences. The U.S. Department of Agriculture ...

Smith stated, "I'm pleased to report we've raised our outlook for adjusted operating profit, driven primarily by our increased outlook for our Hog Production segment." Hall confirmed, "We now ...

KANSAS CITY — The US Sept. 1 all hog and pig inventory and market hog inventory peaked at 78,583,000 head and 72,153,000 head, respectively, in 2019 but have been on a steady decline since, according ...

The company aims to increase its packaged meat products, a segment that generates a higher operating margin since this segment sells premium products. Since 2024, the lean hog spot price has increased ...

Minnesota is closing in on North Carolina to be the second-largest hog-producing state in the nation. According to new data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Minnesota's pig population on Dec.

Differences in supply and demand of hogs and pork are influenced by seasonality, the hog production cycle and other factors The spread between Lean Hog and Pork Cutout indices is traditionally largest ...