# Pig outlook: Powerful rally in US lean hog futures continues
						 | The Pig Site

> The Pig Site reports that April hog futures posted several contract highs in two weeks as the CME lean hog index rose to $86.62, its highest since October. USDA is set to begin the first phase of $750 million in livestock disaster assistance payments by March, announced by Senator Hoeven.

- Date: 2022-02-11 · published 2022-02-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/42838-pig-outlook-powerful-rally-in-us-lean-hog-futures-continues-the-pig-site
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Tight US hog numbers and improving demand point to higher hog prices, and disaster aid may help producers keep herds, which bears on longer-term feed demand.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2017-06-06 | [Jim Long Pork Commentary: China Update
						 \| The Pig Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70484-jim-long-pork-commentary-china-update-the-pig-site.md) | +2.2% | +13.7% |
| HOGS | 2020-02-24 | [The 2020 Outlook for U.S. Agriculture From USDA’s Chief Economist - Farm Policy News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54630-the-2020-outlook-for-u-s-agriculture-from-usda-s-chief-economist-farm-policy.md) | -3.6% | -0.9% |
| HOGS | 2017-09-03 | [Genesus Global Market Report: China
						 \| The Pig Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68944-genesus-global-market-report-china-the-pig-site.md) | -2.8% | -13.9% |
| HOGS | 2025-11-24 | [China cuts sow herd below 40 million amid glut
						 \| The Pig Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21944-china-cuts-sow-herd-below-40-million-amid-glut-the-pig-site.md) | +0.4% | +4.8% |
| HOGS | 2026-10-28 | [Lower feed costs to protect hog raisers from low farmgate prices - DA \| GMA News Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/209-lower-feed-costs-to-protect-hog-raisers-from-low-farmgate-prices-da-gma-news.md) | -2.7% | — |

## Sources

- thepigsite.com: https://www.thepigsite.com/articles/pig-outlook-powerful-rally-in-us-lean-hog-futures-continues

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