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High Hog Supplies and Uncertain Chinese Trade Add Volatility to Hog Markets

HAMS Marketing Services says the trade situation with China continues to add a higher level of uncertainty to an already volatile North American hog market.
 
Live hog prices have remained extremely volatile throughout 2019.
 
Tyler Fulton, the Director of Risk Management with HAMS Marketing Services, says as the result of large U.S. hog supplies and increasing production, the value of any hogs not under contract is dropping rapidly but, on the pork side, the past two weeks or so have seen added support.
 
Clip-Tyler Fulton-HAMS Marketing Services:
 
That's led to a divergence in cash hog pricing because some producers are referencing that pork price that packers are selling for while others that don't have a secured contract, those values are dropping very sharply.
 
There's a great deal of uncertainty and it's a unique circumstance to see these markets moving in opposite directions.
 
I would say that most traders would view the Chinese situation as being the only way to avoid really significant losses in pig prices because of the abundant supply of hogs, particularly in the United States.
 
With these barriers to being able to capture those opportunities in China that relate to the losses due to African Swine Fever, we find ourselves in a position where we know fundamentally that there's opportunities there.
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