Weekly Brief · Wk 35 · 1–7 Sep 2026
Health signals, breeding tools, and a softer market tone
- 🧪 PRRS management is leaning harder on data sharing, closure protocols, and air filtration discipline.
- 🧬 Breeding progress keeps raising the ceiling, but sow management still decides how much value sticks.
- 📉 Export data and hog-market commentary point to tighter demand and harder hedging decisions.
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Active Disease Alerts · 30d
FAO · WOAH · SHIC · RSS
ASF
718−1,582
FMD
212−577
PRRS
30
Top regions · ASF: Serbia, Italy, Poland · FMD: South Africa, Greece, Botswana · PRRS: United States
Latest Industry News
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Pork Cutout & Cold Storage
USDA · daily · monthly
Pork Cutout
$91.81/cwt
−1.9%USDA AMS · LM_PK602
Cold Storage
442.1M lbs
+0.2%YoY
−1.8%MoM
January 2026
Top Pork Exports
Annual 2024 · AAFC
1United States$2.18B
2Japan$980.0M
3Mexico$410.0M
4China$330.0M
5South Korea$295.0M
Production & Supply
FRED · weekly
Slaughter Hog PPI
108.3 Index
+1.9%Barrow & Gilt PPI
124.2 Index
−2.7%Pork Processing PPI
257.6 Index
−1.1%Labour & Workforce
FRED · BLS · monthly
Food Mfg Employment
1,764.6 K workers
−0.12%Avg Hourly Earnings: Mfg
36.92 $/hr
+0.16%Avg Weekly Hours: Mfg
40.6 hours
+1%Sources · FAO · WOAH · SHIC · USDA · FRED · CME · AAFC