Entering mid-10, the domestic livestock and poultry sector remains weak, with the hog market still sluggish. Although the consumer market has entered its seasonal peak, actual demand clearly shows the characteristic of …
As 10 moves into the middle and latter part of the month, the traditional “Golden September and Silver October” period is drawing to a close in China’s hog market, and hog prices are following a “monotonic” downward tre…
The Danish Agriculture & Food Council (Landbrug & Fødevarer, L&F) has challenged the legal basis for the government's proposed temporary halt to the establishment and expansion of conventional pig farms, calling for the…
Representatives of European farming organisations and agricultural cooperatives, gathered in Stockholm for the 12th European Farmers' Congress, organised by Copa-Cogeca in cooperation with the Federation of Swedish Farm…
15 October 2026 The price of pigs in Portugal fell again, by 0,06€/kg carcass, to 1,92€/kg carcass on the Pig Exchange, in the first half of October. The market continues to fall, at a time when this behavior is usual f…
The Iberian pig sector in Extremadura is optimistic about the upcoming acorn season, thanks to the abundant production observed in the pastures (dehesas) and expectations of prices slightly higher than those of last sea…
Soybean begins its season in the core region with more hectares in the plans and strategies aimed at getting ahead of the water surpluses projected by the El Niño phenomenon. The first planting estimate is 4,5 million h…
The Honourable Heath MacDonald, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, announced an investment of up to $3.8M for Canada Pork, through the AgriMarketing Program under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, t…
With 10 half over, the domestic hog market continued to fluctuate downward in the first half of the month. Marginal demand continued its habitual decline, supply pressure was released at elevated levels, and cold-storag…
São Paulo hog farmers’ purchasing power has been recovering in this partial month of October, after three consecutive months of decline. According to Cepea, this movement is the result of a sharper increase in live hog …
Pigs 156-200kg = 1,980€/kg live weight (-0,025) Piglets of 30kg = 2,729€/kg live weight (0) Slaughter sows (ex-farm - minimum price): Slaughter sows (delivered - maximum price): NB: CUN-Slaughter sows: New type of quota…
In today’s swine business, the farrowing unit is the true heart of profitability. The goal seems simple, but it is extremely demanding: to maximize the number of quality piglets weaned at the lowest possible cost. Achie…
Boneless loin, without coppa, without tail, with ribs (Padova loin): 3,70€/kg (-0,20) Fresh leg for curing - trimmed for traditional production (trotter removed) from 13,5 to 18 kg (average weight 15,8): 5,99€/kg (0) Fr…
With 10 month nearly half over, the domestic livestock and poultry farming sector’s hog market has seen pig prices “collapse,” with the market undergoing a precipitous decline. In particular, since the National Day holi…
It is reported that in China’s live hog market, although capacity reduction gradually began after the breeding sow inventory rose to 4074 ten thousand head at the end of 2024, the process of reducing capacity gradually …
Soybean prices fell in Brazil, pressured by the real’s appreciation against the dollar. According to Cepea, this movement tends to reduce the competitiveness of Brazilian soybeans compared with U.S. soybeans. Cepea rese…
Domestic corn prices continue to fall amid the sharp depreciation of the dollar against the real and a pullback by buyers. According to Cepea, lower international prices (which reduce export parity), record production i…
The pork trade in 2026 was strongly affected by two major developments: the detection of African swine fever (ASF) in Spain in November 2025, and the higher-than-expected slaughter of pigs in China as the sector reduced…
Aragon was ranked as the European Union region with the largest pig population, with 9,4 million animals in December 2025, according to data published by Eurostat in its 2026 edition of the Regions of Europe report. Amo…
In September, prices for slaughter pigs rose further, while prices for breeding animals fell again. Prices for fresh legs intended for both PDO and NON-PDO cured ham increased. Prices for aged hams destined for the PDO …