# Pork Prices Spiral Lower Amid Trade War - Bloomberg

> Wholesale US ham prices dropped to their lowest level since April 2015 as production boomed. The report links the slide to tariffs that have weighed on American pork exports. Pork prices are falling amid the trade war.

- Date: 2019-02-06 · published 2019-02-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60735-pork-prices-spiral-lower-amid-trade-war-bloomberg
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Lower wholesale pork values and blocked export access point to weaker hog prices. Reduced margins can limit producer demand for feed ingredients.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2018-07-13 | [Giant Pork Pile Awaits Americans as Trade Wars Risk Exports - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64196-giant-pork-pile-awaits-americans-as-trade-wars-risk-exports-bloomberg.md) | -9.7% | -26.1% |
| HOGS | 2018-07-17 | [Trade war leaves U.S. with mountain of cheap pork](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5212-trade-war-leaves-u-s-with-mountain-of-cheap-pork.md) | -10.7% | -26.8% |
| HOGS | 2018-10-29 | [Soybean, pork farmers hurt most by trade war](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62549-soybean-pork-farmers-hurt-most-by-trade-war.md) | -0.1% | -4.8% |
| HOGS | 2018-03-23 | [U.S. livestock: CME hogs slump again on cash prices, trade war threat - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66137-u-s-livestock-cme-hogs-slump-again-on-cash-prices-trade-war-threat-grainews.md) | -5.7% | +4.0% |
| HOGS | 2019-05-16 | [Trade war, ASF disrupting US soybean, pork producers \| Feed Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59080-trade-war-asf-disrupting-us-soybean-pork-producers-feed-strategy.md) | -0.4% | -8.9% |

## Sources

- bloomberg.com: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-06/the-other-cheap-meat-pork-prices-spiral-lower-amid-trade-war

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