Lean Hog Futures closed the Friday session with contracts up 50 cents to down a dime in the front months. October was up another 85 cents this week. USDA’s national base hog report from Friday ...

Lean hog futures are mixed at midday, with contracts 45 cents higher to a dime lower. USDA’s national base hog report from ...

Jeff Hoogendoorn with Professional Ag Marketing says the grain markets were lower on disappointment about the tariff truce with China being delayed another 90-days as there was optimism for a deal.

Scott Varilek with Kooima Kooima Varilek says live and feeder cattle futures are higher again on Friday morning with the ...

USDA’s second Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report of 2025, released on June 26, contains key metrics for the hog industry including inventory, the number of pigs saved from every litter and the number of ...

Lean hog futures closed with 20 to 60 cent gains on Wednesday. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $110.51 on Wednesday afternoon, down 98 cents from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index ...

The nation’s swine inventory has been holding steady the past year and showed an increase of 1% during the second quarter as the herd has a count of 75.1 million pigs. That was the finding from the ...

Lean hog futures closed 20 to 35 cents higher on Thursday, with August down 27 cents. USDA’s national base hog price had a weighted average of $113.61 on Thursday afternoon, down $1.36 from the ...

China has called on its top hog producers to "take the lead" in cutting output, state-run Shanghai Securities News reported ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Hog production is returning to profitability as feed prices fall, and a reduction in slaughter numbers seems to show that producers are noticing, Purdue Extension agricultural ...