Livestock Domestic Live Hog Prices See Some Modest Gains A week after bottoming out following the back-to-back holidays, the average price for domestic live hogs improved by RMB .67/kg ($.04/lb.) or 4.7 percent. That helped the average operating loss per marketed pig to lessen by RMB 77/head ($11.21/head) or 23.7 percent. With the average domestic corn cash price edging downward, the corn-hog ratio recovered to 5.10. The announcement last week by the National Reform and Development Commission (NRDC) to purchase 20,000 MT of frozen pork for state reserves seems to have brought some relief. While the tonnage for the first round was relatively small, producers and market analysts also took stock in the idea that NRDC will continue to help ea...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
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