Weekly Brief · Wk 29 · 21–27 Jul 2026
Biosecurity, Breeding And Margin Pressure
- 🛡️ Disease planning moves from ASF to New World screwworm readiness.
- 📊 Canadian feed costs and U.S. futures keep margins in focus.
- 🐖 Hog futures surged as cutout topped $101.
Refreshed just nowRead on Pork Watch
Active Disease Alerts · 30d
FAO · WOAH · SHIC · RSS
ASF
358−2,024
FMD
125−1,053
PRRS
0−3
No recent records
Top regions · ASF: Germany, Poland, Hungary · FMD: South Africa, Greece, Republic of Korea
Latest Industry News
95 ARTICLES
Thousands of pigs die as swine fever spreads in Plateau Punch NewspapersGoogle News RSS: ASF Global · 2w agoSwine fever kills 1,000 pigs in Plateau The Sun NigeriaGoogle News RSS: ASF Global · 2w agoScores Of Pigs Die, Many Farms Shut As Swine Fever Hits Plateau LEADERSHIP NewspapersGoogle News RSS: ASF Global · 2w ago
Pork Cutout & Cold Storage
USDA · daily · monthly
Pork Cutout
$104.45/cwt
−0.17%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
110.1 Index
−6%Barrow & Gilt PPI
124.6 Index
+2.2%Pork Processing PPI
261.2 Index
+0.9%Labour & Workforce
FRED · BLS · monthly
Food Mfg Employment
1,770.6 K workers
−0.14%Avg Hourly Earnings: Mfg
36.71 $/hr
+0.05%Avg Weekly Hours: Mfg
40.4 hours
0%Sources · FAO · WOAH · SHIC · USDA · FRED · CME · AAFC