# Hog markets shift attention from hog supply to pork demand

> Risk managers at h@ms Marketing Services say slaughter hog supplies are running about 3-4% above year-ago levels, and attention has shifted to demand. Wholesale pork prices have been steady, and export demand, especially uncertainty over renegotiating NAFTA, is seen as the key risk.

- Date: 2017-01-30 · published 2017-01-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73126-hog-markets-shift-attention-from-hog-supply-to-pork-demand
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Uncertainty over pork export access to Mexico could weaken demand and hog prices, which would reduce feed demand from the hog sector.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2017-02-24 | [Prospects of new trade and tax policy pressures hog markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72640-prospects-of-new-trade-and-tax-policy-pressures-hog-markets.md) | -0.8% | -1.2% |
| HOGS | 2021-05-31 | [Pork Prices Set To Plunge As Chinese Demand Evaporates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47250-pork-prices-set-to-plunge-as-chinese-demand-evaporates.md) | +2.1% | -6.1% |
| HOGS | 2021-07-14 | [U.S. positioned for slowdown in China's pork demand](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46077-u-s-positioned-for-slowdown-in-china-s-pork-demand.md) | -3.5% | -1.3% |
| HOGS | 2019-04-29 | [U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs drop on demand concerns, plentiful supplies - Manitoba Co-operator](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4627-u-s-livestock-cme-lean-hogs-drop-on-demand-concerns-plentiful-supplies-manitoba.md) | -1.3% | -0.1% |
| 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% |

## Sources

- mysteinbach.ca: https://www.mysteinbach.ca/news/866/hog-markets-shift-attention-from-hog-supply-to-pork-demand/

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