Daily Network News

More News →

Hogs

(Regis Lefebure photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs surge on technical buying, cattle mostly higher

By
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures soared three per cent on Wednesday, rebounding on technical buying from the steep losses seen in the previous session, traders and analysts said. Cattle futures also were mostly higher, even as some contracts edged slightly lower after hitting one-month peaks. Higher prices for wholesale beef […] Read more
(Dave Bedard photo)
Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

Maple Leaf profit jumps by over 70 per cent

By
Reading Time: < 1 minute Reuters — Meat processor Maple Leaf Foods on Wednesday reported a 70.4 per cent jump in quarterly profit as lower costs and higher prices boosted earnings at its prepared meats business. Maple Leaf said adjusted operating earnings in its meat products unit, the company’s primary source of income, more than doubled to $65.93 million in […] Read more
(Photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Hogs, Livestock

PED outbreaks slow, but still top of mind in Ontario

By
Reading Time: < 1 minute Swine Health Ontario dedicated its recent annual Big Bug Day to continuing toward the goal of eradicating porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) from Ontario. Martin Misener, a vet and chair of the Ontario Swine Health Advisory Board, challenged the hog industry to not get complacent about stopping PED. Misener noted he had heard from people who […] Read more
(VDL.umn.edu)
Hogs, Livestock

Cull sows no longer stopped at U.S. border

By
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada’s swine industry appears to have dodged what could have been an economic catastrophe with quick action on senecavirus A. In August this year, 13 Ontario animals were identified with lesions on their snouts or hooves at a processing plant in the U.S., triggering a memo from the U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service to […] Read more
(ManitobaPork.com)
Hogs, Livestock

Pork packer HyLife to enter expansion mode

By
Reading Time: 2 minutes Manitoba hog slaughter and pork processing firm HyLife says it’s setting itself up for major expansions of its hog finishing and pork processing capacities. The company on Friday said “steady growth in demand” for its pork products overseas calls for an investment of up to $125 million in its integrated pork operations, to start “as […] Read more
(SmithfieldFoods.com)
Hogs, Livestock, Reuters, Weather

Smithfield sees pork operations back to normal Monday

By
Reading Time: 2 minutes Wilmington, N.C. | Reuters — Smithfield Foods expects to resume full production on Monday at its North Carolina meat operations, including the world’s largest pork plant, more than a week after Hurricane Matthew struck the U.S. Southeast and triggered widespread flooding in the state. Operations will get back to normal at Smithfield’s four North Carolina […] Read more
A satellite view of Hurricane Matthew at 2:30 p.m. ET on Oct. 7, 2016. (NASA/NOAA GOES Project)
Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

Smithfield to shutter major hog plant against Matthew

By ,
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Smithfield Foods will shutter its hog processing facility, the world’s largest, on Saturday to protect employees in North Carolina from Hurricane Matthew, industry sources said on Friday, as farmers braced for the storm’s potential lashing. Matthew has fueled concerns about the safety of livestock and farm workers along the coast from […] Read more
(Olymel.com)
Hogs, Livestock

Olymel ham consolidation spurs more plant upgrades

By
Reading Time: 2 minutes Meat packer Olymel’s plans to consolidate its ham production work has led to a new round of plant upgrades. Olymel, the protein arm of Quebec agricultural co-operative La Coop federee, announced Wednesday it has budgeted $3 million in “redevelopment” work for its Beauce-region hog slaughter plant at Vallee-Jonction, about 60 km southeast of Quebec City. […] Read more
(VDL.umn.edu)
Hogs, Livestock

Ontario hogs confirmed with senecavirus

By
Reading Time: 2 minutes A hog virus watched closely in North America for its strong family resemblance to foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has turned up in hogs in Ontario. Officials with hog industry body Ontario Pork reported Monday that senecavirus A, formerly called Seneca Valley virus or SVV, has been confirmed in the province. Neighbouring industry body Manitoba Pork said […] Read more
(Keith Weller photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

September record-large U.S. hog herd topped expectations

By
Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — The U.S. hog herd in the June-August quarter grew two per cent versus a year ago to a record high, according to Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture report, which surpassed average trade projections. Affordable feed, solid summer grilling demand and respectable U.S. pork exports encouraged farmers to grow their herds. Several producers ramped […] Read more

A message from April Stewart, Country Guide's Associate Editor

Glacier Farmmedia Podcast

AgCanadaTV

AgCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for March 20, 2026

Sponsored by:
More Videos →

Latest Market News

More Market News →