The increase in feed, the fall in the price of pigs, and the recent new situation in the pig production market have made it difficult for farmers
At the beginning of september, a number of feed enterprises, including new hope, haidar and grand north farmers, collectively increased their product prices by a maximum of $200 per ton; this was matched by a fall in the price of raw pigs, which, according to numerous data monitoring by pigs, averaged $10. 97 per kg for three foreign pigs on 4 september 2026, a further decline of 0. 05 per kg compared to yesterday, a further fall of 11 yuan/kg in the price of pigs and an overall increase in the double pressure on pig farming。
According to incomplete statistics, 13 of the 17 major listed feed enterprises faced losses in the first half of 2026, which also led to the transfer of cost risks to the terminal as soon as there was wind and grass in the feed feedstock end. The current market for feed raw materials is expected to be affected by global geomorphology, climatic anomalies and new season soybeans reduction, with strong outside-drive bean movements and industry prejudicions, followed by the possibility of double or triple price increases not excluding feed, and farming cost pressures or constant additions。
The pig farming industry is currently facing two major dilemmas: on the one hand, the rising cost of upstream feed, and on the other hand, the increasing input of each of the pigs born; and, on the other hand, the price of downstream pigs, which continues to grow low, with most small- and medium-sized farmers in a passive situation of “too much losing.”。
Overall, the trend of rising prices for short-term feed is difficult to change, the price of pigs is suppressed by columning, the probability of a significant increase is extremely low, and the farming industry is or will last for some period of time in a concussion pattern。
However, there are two ways in which increased farm costs will accelerate the process of de-manufacturing, with the recent phase-out of the sow prices having fallen sharply to $3 per pound in parts of the country, reflecting insufficient market confidence in post-mortem conditions, an increase in the inefficient and high-cost phase-out rate for the farm, and the release of passive signals of production capacity. Only when the production capacity is complete will the supply of late-stage pigs be substantially tightened, and the new round of pig prices will have a more solid fundamental underpinning。
