# McKean Swine Disease Conference: US pork market outlook
						 | The Pig Site

> Iowa State's McKean Swine Disease Conference outlook says farrow-to-finish producers lost $32 per head in 2023, the worst year on record, with 2024 returns forecast near break-even. US pork production is forecast to rise 2.1% to 27.878 billion pounds in 2024.

- Date: 2024-07-29 · published 2024-07-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/29430-mckean-swine-disease-conference-us-pork-market-outlook-the-pig-site
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md)

## Why it matters

Expanding pork output with heavy investment in capacity limits production cuts, which keeps hog supply ample and caps price upside for hogs over the coming months.

## Read by commodity

- MBM: neutral
- HOGS: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2020-11-13 | [Pig outlook: Lean hog futures starting to trend down
						 \| The Pig Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50298-pig-outlook-lean-hog-futures-starting-to-trend-down-the-pig-site.md) | -2.9% | -3.8% |
| HOGS | 2024-10-18 | [China's pork output logs third year-on-year quarterly decline
						 \| The Pig Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27859-china-s-pork-output-logs-third-year-on-year-quarterly-decline-the-pig-site.md) | +1.2% | +4.3% |
| HOGS | 2025-06-30 | [Pork Supply Outlook Following the June USDA Hog Survey - Pork Checkoff](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24359-pork-supply-outlook-following-the-june-usda-hog-survey-pork-checkoff.md) | -4.5% | -3.1% |
| HOGS | 2019-08-22 | [High hog supplies weigh on cash hog and pork values in US
						 \| The Pig Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57725-high-hog-supplies-weigh-on-cash-hog-and-pork-values-in-us-the-pig-site.md) | -2.6% | -10.9% |
| HOGS | 2025-02-28 | [USDA Ag Outlook Forum: Chief economist Seth Meyer’s shares 2025 expectations for beef, swine, egg, dairy
						 \| The Beef Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26183-usda-ag-outlook-forum-chief-economist-seth-meyer-s-shares-2025-expectations-for.md) | +1.6% | +1.6% |

## Sources

- thepigsite.com: https://www.thepigsite.com/articles/mckean-swine-conference-us-pork-market-outlook

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