# Pork Producers Profitability Challenged from Supply Chain | Red River Farm Network

> South Dakota pork producers are seeing hog prices 30 to 50 percent lower than normal, according to a university extension specialist. Supply chain disruptions have left many producers selling hogs at much lower prices than expected.

- Date: 2020-05-04 · published 2020-05-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53271-pork-producers-profitability-challenged-from-supply-chain-red-river-farm-network
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Deep discounts in hog prices reduce producer margins and may cut herd rebuilding and feed purchases, bearish for feed demand.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2017-06-07 | [Pork producers preparing for possible deadly disease outbreak learned lessons from bird flu](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70380-pork-producers-preparing-for-possible-deadly-disease-outbreak-learned-lessons.md) | +2.1% | +14.0% |
| HOGS | 2020-11-09 | [Pork producers beware: China begins swine herd rebuild \| 2020-11-09  \| MEAT+POULTRY](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50152-pork-producers-beware-china-begins-swine-herd-rebuild-2020-11-09-meat-poultry.md) | -0.2% | -3.1% |
| HOGS | 2020-10-01 | [China's pig herd rebounds after swine fever, but pork supply will take time to recover \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50641-china-s-pig-herd-rebounds-after-swine-fever-but-pork-supply-will-take-time-to.md) | +3.4% | -4.9% |
| HOGS | 2021-03-29 | [Observers Watching ASF in China, Herd Size a Variable Impacting Demand for Feed and Pork \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48102-observers-watching-asf-in-china-herd-size-a-variable-impacting-demand-for-feed.md) | +1.6% | +8.8% |
| HOGS | 2016-12-31 | [China will rely on pork imports - prices over €3 / kg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73455-china-will-rely-on-pork-imports-prices-over-3-kg.md) | -0.9% | +7.3% |

## Sources

- rrfn.com: https://www.rrfn.com/2020/05/04/pork-producers-profitability-challenged-from-supply-chain/

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