# Kill capacity, exports sway hog market

> An Iowa State outlook says US commercial pork production is up 3.9% year to date and is on track for a record of about 26.5 billion pounds. It stresses that hog slaughter and pork exports, including trade policy, drive hog prices.

- Date: 2018-01-01 · published 2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67139-kill-capacity-exports-sway-hog-market
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Record production is bearish for hog prices unless export demand absorbs the extra pork. Trade policy changes that affect exports are the main swing factor.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: neutral

## Sources

- lib.dr.iastate.edu: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/econ_las_pubs/708

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