# Hog margins flip the script: A complete 180 heading into 2025

> A December 30, 2024 review of hog margins described strong pork demand and falling feed costs through 2024, leaving producers able to lock in favorable margins for the next 12 months. The USDA's latest WASDE projected 2025 pork production up 2%, with rising farrowings expected in early 2025.

- Date: 2025-01-01 · published 2025-01-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/27101-hog-margins-flip-the-script-a-complete-180-heading-into-2025
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Lower feed costs and expanding production support hog margins, but higher hog output could pressure hog prices in the second and third quarters of 2025, affecting feed buying.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- HOGS: neutral

## Sources

- nationalhogfarmer.com: https://www.nationalhogfarmer.com/market-news/hog-margins-flip-the-script-a-complete-180-heading-into-2025

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