# Exports, demand help support pork prices amid profitability concerns - Brownfield Ag News

> An ag economist says pork exports remain above 2025 levels and the pork cutout has reached over $100 per hundredweight. He notes PRRS disease losses weigh on profitability, and that higher cutout values would need more momentum in bellies and hams.

- Date: 2026-07-31 · published 2026-07-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/18492-exports-demand-help-support-pork-prices-amid-profitability-concerns-brownfield
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Export strength and a cutout above $100 support hog prices, but disease losses and inflation limit producer profitability and the upside for hog futures.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2019-04-23 | [African Swine Fever footprint expands - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59462-african-swine-fever-footprint-expands-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -2.2% | +2.8% |
| HOGS | 2019-10-25 | [China pork prices surge towards $8 a kilo as demand picks up](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56563-china-pork-prices-surge-towards-8-a-kilo-as-demand-picks-up.md) | -0.9% | -5.7% |
| HOGS | 2019-09-13 | [China pork prices soar as herds hit by fever, farm closures \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57088-china-pork-prices-soar-as-herds-hit-by-fever-farm-closures-ap-news.md) | -2.4% | -0.3% |
| HOGS | 2019-05-12 | [How Hog Diseases Impact Supply, Demand and Profit - Center for Commercial Agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59216-how-hog-diseases-impact-supply-demand-and-profit-center-for-commercial.md) | +6.3% | -4.0% |
| HOGS | 2018-11-05 | [USMEF says China's African Swine Fever outbreak now 54 cases - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61927-usmef-says-china-s-african-swine-fever-outbreak-now-54-cases-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -3.2% | -4.7% |

## Sources

- brownfieldagnews.com: https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/exports-demand-help-support-pork-prices-amid-profitability-concerns/

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