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Chris Hurt reviews 2019 hog and corn price volatility driven by trade conflicts and African swine fever. He notes December lean hog futures swung from about $90 in April to about $60 by late summer.
Large swings in hog futures highlight the hedging risk producers face, and corn price swings also affect feed costs.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.