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News from week of September 14th – 21st, 2026
PORK WATCH
North America's Swine Industry Roundup
Export Dollars Up, Hog Prices DownOttawa put fresh money behind Canadian pork’s export push in a week when the cutout fell to a two-and-a-half-year low and December hogs hit contract lows.
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💰 Ottawa commits up to $3.8 million to push Canadian pork into new export markets. ⚖️ Nearly 150 producers from 24 states lobbied Congress for a Proposition 12 fix. 📉 December lean hogs hit contract lows as the pork cutout slid to $86.98. 
Ottawa’s $3.8-million AgriMarketing investment backs Canada Pork’s international promotion work. Source: SwineWeb. Canadian Swine SceneCanada Invests $3.8 Million in Pork Export Growth as Global Trade Patterns ShiftSwineWeb, September 21st 2026 Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Heath MacDonald announced up to $3.8 million for Canada Pork through the AgriMarketing Program, funding trade shows, trade missions and direct exporter-buyer meetings across Asia, Europe and the Americas. SwineWeb sets the money against a shifting trade map: exports were worth $5.7 billion in 2025 and about 65 per cent of production ships abroad, with softness in parts of Asia offset by growth in Mexico and the United States. Minister MacDonald announces support for the growth of Canadian pork in international marketsAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada, September 17th 2026 The federal release sets out the program mechanics behind the investment. Funding flows through the AgriMarketing Program under the $3.5-billion Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, directed at market access and consumer awareness in new and emerging markets. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada notes the United States, Japan, Mexico, China and South Korea accounted for more than 83 per cent of Canadian pork export volume in 2025. Canada Pork was established in 1991 by the Canadian Meat Council and Canadian Pork Council. Carney seeks closer EU ties amid US trade warThe Pig Site, September 17th 2026 Prime Minister Mark Carney travelled to Strasbourg to address the European Parliament, the first foreign head of government to attend the European Commission president’s State of the Union address. Carney has pledged to double Canada’s non-U.S. trade within a decade. EU diplomats told Reuters that closer trade, defence and digital-security collaboration is being worked on but no comprehensive framework has been tabled; detailed talks come at the Canada-EU summit in Montreal in late October. The U.S. Pork ReportPig Farmers from 24 States Press Lawmakers for Prop. 12 Solution in Final Farm BillNational Pork Producers Council, September 17th 2026 Nearly 150 pork producers from 24 states fanned out across roughly 175 congressional offices in Washington on September 17, the same day the Senate Agriculture Committee advanced the Agricultural Act of 2026. NPPC president Rob Brenneman, an Iowa producer, called on Congress to “stop the patchwork nightmare that California Proposition 12 has created.” Alongside a Prop. 12 fix, producers asked for funding for the U.S. Swine Health Improvement Plan, year-round labour access, and a prompt USMCA review. Balanced Breeding & SustainabilityPenn Vet’s Swine Center marks 25 years of researchThe Pig Site, September 16th 2026 The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine marked 25 years of its Swine Center, a working teaching and research herd used for reproduction, welfare, nutrition and herd-health work and for training veterinary students in swine production. Centres of this kind supply much of the peer-reviewed evidence base behind sow housing, piglet survivability and health-management practice, and are one of the few settings where students get hands-on commercial swine experience before entering practice. Market & Supply Chain DynamicsClosing Grain and Livestock Futures: September 18, 2026Brownfield Ag News, September 18th 2026 Brownfield’s Friday close showed October lean hogs settling at $78.10, down 80 cents, with most-active December down 1.050 cents at $68.55 after touching a contract low of $68.275. The USDA quoted the wholesale pork carcass cutout at $86.98 per hundredweight on Friday afternoon, off 56 cents from Thursday but above Wednesday’s $86.35 — a two-and-a-half-year low. Plentiful hog supplies and soft wholesale demand continue to set the tone into the fourth quarter. Quick BitesPork cutout slid to $86.98, the lowest reading since February 2024. Read More SwineWeb, September 21st 2026 Producers press Washington for a Prop. 12 fix as farm bill advances. Read More SwineWeb, September 21st 2026 Transport between sites remains an underrated biosecurity gap, veterinarians warn. Read More SwineWeb, September 21st 2026 China expands agricultural insurance to cover sows and fattening pigs. Read More The Pig Site, September 18th 2026 Circular nutrition turns processing by-products into functional feed proteins. Read More SwineWeb, September 21st 2026 Enjoying this brief? Share it with a colleague. Subscribe to Pork Watch →Have a news story we should cover, a tip, or thoughts on this edition? Send it over. Want to reach this audience? Sponsor a future edition. |
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