Over the past five years, 83 percent of Canada’s hog imports into the United States has been feeder pigs. Since 2021, that percentage has dropped to 77 percent. In that same time period, slaughter hog imports from Canada are up nearly 20 percent. A report from the Steiner Consulting Group says this trend may suggest the economics favor finishing hogs in Canada rather than exporting feeder pigs into the U.S.
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