# Looking backwards in hog market is easy

> A National Hog Farmer columnist predicts hog prices will rise substantially from late February into late May, driven by seasonal declines in hog numbers and strong fresh belly prices. He also expects summer lean hog futures to trade above $90 and fall contracts to rise as porcine epidemic diarrhea virus evidence emerges.

- Date: 2018-02-26 · published 2018-02-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66655-looking-backwards-in-hog-market-is-easy
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

A forecast of a strong spring hog rally would raise expected hog-sector feed demand and support corn and soymeal buying. The forecast rests on opinion, and disease risk from PED adds an upside but uncertain factor.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲
- HOGS: bullish ▲

## Sources

- nationalhogfarmer.com: https://www.nationalhogfarmer.com/market-news/looking-backwards-in-hog-market-is-easy

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