# Florence adds volatility to lean hog prices - FreightWaves

> Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina as a Category 1 storm, causing heavy flooding and reported breaches of hog waste lagoons, with at least eight overflowing. Lean hog futures had gained 15% since August 30 to 55.38 cents per pound, and African swine fever in China added supply uncertainty.

- Date: 2018-09-18 · published 2018-09-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63180-florence-adds-volatility-to-lean-hog-prices-freightwaves
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Flood damage to North Carolina hog operations and processing tightens near-term hog supply and supports lean hog prices, with ASF in China adding longer-term export demand uncertainty.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2018-09-21 | [Farmers Warn of a Chicken and Pork Price Spike, Thanks to Hurricane Florence \| 2018-09-21  \| SupplyChainBrain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63201-farmers-warn-of-a-chicken-and-pork-price-spike-thanks-to-hurricane-florence.md) | +4.5% | -2.9% |
| HOGS | 2019-07-27 | [Lean meat: US pork prices rise as sweltering summer leads to skinny pigs \| US economy \| The Guardian](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58253-lean-meat-us-pork-prices-rise-as-sweltering-summer-leads-to-skinny-pigs-us.md) | -4.0% | -19.8% |
| HOGS | 2016-06-03 | [Futures File: Soaring prices prove pigs can fly; weather worries push grain prices higher – Greeley Tribune](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5266-futures-file-soaring-prices-prove-pigs-can-fly-weather-worries-push-grain.md) | +2.1% | +4.9% |
| HOGS | 2026-07-29 | [Hog futures firm on heat-driven supply tightening - CME
						 \| The Pig Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18486-hog-futures-firm-on-heat-driven-supply-tightening-cme-the-pig-site.md) | -3.3% | -14.8% |
| HOGS | 2019-02-13 | [Floods, drought, trade wars - trying to understand risk in a sea of uncertainty - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60546-floods-drought-trade-wars-trying-to-understand-risk-in-a-sea-of-uncertainty.md) | +0.9% | +6.6% |

## Sources

- freightwaves.com: https://www.freightwaves.com/news/florence-adds-volatility-to-lean-hog-prices

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