# Trade Woes Shrink U.S. Pork Packer Margins To Three-Year Low - Perishable News

> Margins for major US pork processors such as Tyson and Smithfield have slipped to three-year lows as hog prices rose and trade worries with China and Mexico mounted. Processors may cut hog purchase prices or trim plant operations to protect margins.

- Date: 2018-06-21 · published 2018-06-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64668-trade-woes-shrink-u-s-pork-packer-margins-to-three-year-low-perishable-news
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Squeezed packer margins may lead to lower hog slaughter, reducing hog demand and pressuring hog prices and related feed demand.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2020-06-02 | [BRINGING HOME THE BACON: U.S. PORK TRADE - Global Trade Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52744-bringing-home-the-bacon-u-s-pork-trade-global-trade-magazine.md) | -11.2% | -18.2% |
| HOGS | 2018-12-30 | [With falling prices, U.S. pork seeks new world markets \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61695-with-falling-prices-u-s-pork-seeks-new-world-markets-ap-news.md) | +1.7% | -0.2% |
| HOGS | 2019-02-06 | [Pork Prices Spiral Lower Amid Trade War - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60735-pork-prices-spiral-lower-amid-trade-war-bloomberg.md) | -1.9% | -1.2% |
| HOGS | 2020-11-11 | [U.S. Hog Futures React to U.S.-China Trade Tensions - Pork Business](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50299-u-s-hog-futures-react-to-u-s-china-trade-tensions-pork-business.md) | -0.6% | -3.0% |

## Sources

- perishablenews.com: https://perishablenews.com/meatpoultry/trade-woes-shrink-u-s-pork-packer-margins-to-three-year-low/

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