Livestock Live Hog Producers Cut Output as Prices Plummet With China’s leading hog producers reporting their monthly sales for August, the country’s domestic output appears to be trending downward heading into the fall. Muyuan Foods and Zhengbang Technology Company, the top two producers, cut their sales in August by 14.5 percent and 2.3 percent to 2.57 million head and 1.71 million head, respectively, as sales prices cratered. Aonong, the sixth leading producer, reduced output by 15.6 percent in August to 213,000 head. The combined sales for the top nine producers’ last month totaled 7.27 million head, down 209,000 head or 2.8 percent from July. Through the first eight months of 2021, these same producers h...
Russian Grain Markets: 29 June-3 July 2026 The new marketing season has officially begun in Russia, although bearish sentiment has been concentrated in the southern regions closest to the Black Sea ports, where export demand has been weakest. Delays in grain deliveries to inland elevators have...
What You Need to Know Today: The hot, dry weather forecast continues to drive strength in grain futures with corn and soybeans hitting another day of strong gains. Monday’s Crop Progress and Conditions data were in line with market expectations and showed relatively few concerns for the...
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