CME update: hog futures climb higher on strengthening demand

US lean hog futures rose on 26 April as traders anticipate strong demand and tight supplies heading into the summer.
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Reuters reports that CME June lean hogs gained 1.125 cents to 106.850 cents per pound.

The CME's lean hog index, a two-day weighted average of cash prices, climbed to $106.51 per cwt, its highest since October 2014.

Speaking to Reuters about the restricted supplies and strengthening demand, Alan Brugler, president of Brugler Marketing said:

"You’re drawing down against current production, you don’t have any cushion in the cold storage and we’re going to get into the time period when we don’t have as large of a slaughter.”

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