Skyrocketing Corn Prices
My lamentations over the future of feed costs in an "ethanol or bust" world probably have gotten on a few people's nerves -- until the past two weeks
Circovirus Uncertainties
There is still a lot of talk about porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) and porcine circovirus-associated disease (PCVAD), but much of the discussion is now shifting to vaccines that have been
Export Dip Merely A Blip
Tuesday's release of export data for July was a bit of a shock for the pork industry in that it showed the first year-over-year monthly decline since November 2003
It's Only September!
What a remarkable few days for U.S. hog slaughter. The three largest days in history for federally inspected slaughter were
Meat Case Price Wars
It's rather disgusting to think that pork and hog prices are affected so dramatically by chicken prices, but the evidence certainly says it is so
Slaughter Returns to 2005 Levels
U.S. and Canadian weekly hog slaughter have returned to levels near one year ago. That's really nothing new for the Canadian series
Lessons from Mandatory Price Reporting
One of the driving forces behind the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 was a desire of producers to know the prices that were being paid for hogs purchased by some means other than the daily spot or cash market.
Sorting Out Slaughter Runs
Last week's big slaughter run (1.954 million head, 4.5% larger than one year ago) and this week's romping first three days (1.088 million head, 7.7% larger than the same three days last year) have us wondering if the expected increase in output, which has never shown up in USDA inventory reports, is finally upon us.
Poultry Pines, Pork Bounces Back
The Missouri forecasters are still more pessimistic about this year's third quarter, but are much closer to other forecasters for the remaining three quarters of the outlook.
Marketing Matters and Mixes
The hog market's remarkable summer run continued this week with carcass prices quoted at over $80 on Wednesday and
What's Driving Wild Market Ride?
One of Will Rogers' most famous quotes concerned the weather in Oklahoma: "If you don't like the weather just wait a minute, it will change."
Seasonality -- Help or Hindrance?
Seasonality is a never-ending fact of life for pork producers. Virtually everything that happens on a hog farm varies according to the time of year.
