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U.S. livestock: Lean hogs sink on weak cash market

By Karl Plume October 24, 2019

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. lean hog futures fell for the sixth time in seven sessions on Thursday, pressured by weak cash hog prices and disappointing export data that showed minimal new sales of U.S. pork to China. Ample supplies of hogs and higher average slaughter weights have swelled pork supplies while demand from China, […] Read more

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Tyson bans ractopamine from its U.S. hog supply

By Tom Polansek October 17, 2019

Reuters — Tyson Foods in February will stop buying U.S. hogs raised with a growth drug banned by China, the company said on Thursday, as global meat suppliers seek an edge in boosting sales to Chinese buyers facing a huge pork shortage due to an outbreak of a fatal pig disease. The halt in the […] Read more

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JBS USA to produce pork without ractopamine

By Tom Polansek October 4, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — JBS USA will remove a growth drug banned by Beijing from its U.S. hog supply, the company said on Friday, accelerating the competition for pork exports as China grapples with a devastating pig disease. The meat packer’s move away from the drug ractopamine, a feed additive, shows how companies are maneuvering […] Read more

A macrophage (immune response) cell in early stages of infection with African swine fever virus, magnified about 1,000x. (Keith Weller photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

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South Korea confirms new cases of African swine fever

By Reuters September 23, 2019

Seoul | Reuters — South Korea has confirmed new cases of African swine fever at hog farms in cities near the capital Seoul after the country’s first outbreak of the deadly virus last week, the agriculture ministry said on Monday. The new case occurred at a pig farm with about 1,800 pigs in the city […] Read more

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Safety advocates sound alarm over new U.S. hog slaughter rules

By Tom Polansek September 19, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. food safety and the health of plant workers will be at risk from new federal rules that allow meat companies to slaughter hogs as fast as they want and shift the role of government inspectors, food and environmental advocates said on Tuesday. The warnings about the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s […] Read more

(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

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Hog market at seasonal lows, turnaround expected

By Phil Franz-Warkentin September 17, 2019

MarketsFarm — The Canadian hog market may be at its seasonal lows, but tightening worldwide supplies should underpin values over the next few months. “We’re at a seasonal time of year when prices move lower,” said Brad Marceniuk, livestock economist with Saskatchewan Agriculture, pointing to higher U.S. slaughter numbers and a slowdown in North American […] Read more

File photo of piglets at a hog operation in China. (KuLouKu/iStock/Getty Images)

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China to exempt U.S. pork, soybeans from additional tariffs

By Andrew Galbraith September 13, 2019

Shanghai | Reuters — China will exempt some agricultural products from additional tariffs on U.S. goods, including pork and soybeans, China’s official Xinhua News Agency said Friday, in the latest sign of easing Sino-U.S. tensions before a new round of talks aimed at curbing a bruising trade war. The United States and China have both […] Read more

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Chinese pork imports seen doubling over two years by 2020

By Marcelo Teixeira August 26, 2019

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Chinese pork meat imports are projected to sharply rise from 2.1 million tonnes in 2018 to 3.3 million tonnes in 2019 and 4.2 million tonnes in 2020, because of the African swine fever outbreak, broker and consultancy INTL FCStone said on Monday. FCStone estimated during a commodities outlook conference in […] Read more

File photo of a hog cooling off in a pond in the Philippines. (Stewart Hall/iStock/Getty Images)

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Philippines checks for swine fever as pig deaths rise

By Reuters August 19, 2019

Manila | Reuters — The Philippines has set up a crisis management team to determine if the deadly African swine fever virus has reached the country after officials detected a rise in pig deaths in some areas. The Bureau of Animal Industry had reported an increased mortality of pigs “raised by farmers in their backyards” […] Read more

Pork baby back ribs. (Grandriver/Getty Images)

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Packers win dismissal of U.S. pork price-fixing suits

By Reuters August 8, 2019

Reuters — A federal judge on Thursday dismissed antitrust lawsuits accusing several large U.S. pork companies of conspiring to limit the supply of pork to inflate prices and their own profits at the expense of consumers and other purchasers. Chief Judge John Tunheim of the federal court in Minneapolis said the plaintiffs failed to show […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Lean hogs sink on weak cash market

Tyson bans ractopamine from its U.S. hog supply

JBS USA to produce pork without ractopamine

South Korea confirms new cases of African swine fever

Safety advocates sound alarm over new U.S. hog slaughter rules

Hog market at seasonal lows, turnaround expected

China to exempt U.S. pork, soybeans from additional tariffs

Chinese pork imports seen doubling over two years by 2020

Philippines checks for swine fever as pig deaths rise

Packers win dismissal of U.S. pork price-fixing suits

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