Lean Hog Futures Futures

Lean hog futures are contracts that provide traders with access to one of the key markets for pork. While pig jokes abound, this serious commodity market is global and getting bigger as rising incomes in economies such as China drive demand for more pork.
The US is the world’s largest exporter of pork, so access to this marketplace puts commercial users, importers and traders at the forefront of a key food staple for many major economies. And just like traditional grain markets, lean hog prices rise and fall on the weather, as well as crop reports for corn and soybeans which are used in feed.
There is also seasonality to lean hogs, with late spring and summer months as Americans fire up thir barbeque grills. For traders looking at interesting and global commodities, lean hogs offer opportunities to those who learn the supply and demand details.