The Time Is Now – Reinventing Pork for the Future
The consumer campaign isn’t a normal campaign; it’s a transformational shift. It’s a commitment to ensuring pork remains on the plate.
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The consumer campaign isn’t a normal campaign; it’s a transformational shift. It’s a commitment to ensuring pork remains on the plate.
Lean hog futures remain volatile, with 7 up or down moves of +5% since the start of the year.
Lean hog futures have been volatile in the last three months as market participants try to price the potential impact of tariffs on Mexico and Canada while also recognizing that spot supply is lower than expected.
Dr. Brent Pepin, NPB’s director of swine health, takes a deep dive into managing Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRSV). NPB has played a key role in advancing PRRSV research and supporting producers with resources to mitigate disease risks.
2024 proved to be a successful year for the U.S. pork industry. Take a look at the pork export successes throughout the year.
Slaughter continues to fall short of expectations, and in turn that has limited spot availability across a range of products.
Winter storms impacted slaughter operations and limited processing last week. The decline in slaughter impacted spot market availability towards the end of the week, pressuring prices higher across a range of products.
NPB is working to create innovative marketing opportunities to drive pork sales and social media growth in key communities.
Hog futures have been volatile, in part due to rush of speculative interest in the last quarter of 2024. Market participants now are looking to see how well pork demand holds up to start the year.
NPB CEO Bill Even takes a moment to recap and reflect on the work your Pork Checkoff accomplished this year based on producer priorities. NPB is working with the industry to build a bigger appetite for pork among American consumers.
Hogs and Pigs inventory implies higher slaughter starting in the spring and through the end of 2025. Report accuracy has come into question, however, and injected more uncertainty going forward.
Last week hog slaughter was 2.56 million head compared to near 2.7 million for the comparable week a year ago. In the last three weeks, slaughter has been down by almost 500k head y/y. This has significantly impacted spot supply.
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