# Production Costs for Hog Producers Look Positive
						 | The Pig Site

> EMI Analytics says US hog production costs look favorable for the summer, with futures covering break-evens in the upper 60s per cwt. The March Hogs and Pigs report shows the breeding herd expanding and fall slaughter numbers likely higher than a year earlier.

- Date: 2017-04-30 · published 2017-04-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71660-production-costs-for-hog-producers-look-positive-the-pig-site
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Lower feed costs from large soybean and corn crops could cut break-evens further, but heavier fall supply is expected to pressure hog prices. Price forecasts were raised to the low 70s for summer and the low 60s for fall.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- HOGS: neutral

## Sources

- thepigsite.com: https://www.thepigsite.com/news/2017/05/production-costs-for-hog-producers-look-positive-1

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