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CME lean hog futures fell sharply on Tuesday as US-China tensions grew. China threatened to halt all purchases of US farm products after Trump announced a 10% tariff on a further $300 billion in Chinese imports.
Cash hog prices in Iowa and southern Minnesota also fell.
Threatened Chinese boycotts of US pork remove a key export outlet at a time when African swine fever has tightened Chinese supply, pressuring US hog prices.
reuters.comKarl PlumeAug 6, 2019After 123 past bearish trade events, Lean Hogs moved a median -0.4% over 5 sessions (43% higher; middle half -2.9% to +2.0%), and -0.2% over 20.
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.
The Aug 6 hog selloff on US-China trade tensions and China's threat to halt US farm purchases weighed on export-demand expectations, though it falls just before the window and the move is partly a carryover.
