Quarterly Update: Pig prices end the year on the up

Pig market analyst John Strak wrote in October 2024 that “Week-to-week price changes for the global index have been negative since early July and there are few signs in the data that this situation will change. The trend is clear – the cycle is definitely in a downward phase.” Within a few weeks of writing that – by mid-October – that trend had been reversed and it has maintained a positive direction since.  So much for his crystal ball. He now wonders: how did I get the signals from