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HSUS Leads Fight for Ballot Initiative in Ohio 

Just three months after Ohio voters approved creating the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board, animal activist groups led by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) are seeking to gather enough signatures to put a referendum on the November ballot...

Protect Your Hog Farm From Vandalism 

The Pork Checkoff suggests steps to guard your investments and yourself. The recent vandalism of a northwest Iowa hog farm that resulted in the loss of...

Topping Two Market Hogs Per Finishing Pen is Optimal 

Removal of the heaviest market-weight pigs several days before marketing the whole group (topping) improves growth performance of the remaining pigs in the pens...

Pigs in Bottom Nose Trailer Compartment Have More Stress, Lower Meat Quality Scores 

Pigs in Bottom Nose Compartment Have More Stress, Lower Meat Quality Scores Pigs hauled in the bottom nose compartment of a pot-belly trailer have much...

Space Allowance, Docked Tail Length Affect Pig Behavior 

Researchers at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the University of Guelph and F. Menard Inc. suggest that space allowance in the nursery barn affects tail-biting behavior, and that the length of the docked tail affects...

Web Exclusive: Four Swine Breeds Tested For Temperament  

As the pork industry continues to improve swine handling practices, the need for a greater understanding of swine temperament is apparent...

Michigan Governor Signs Farm Animal Welfare Bill 

Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has signed into law HB 5127, which gives certain farm animals more flexibility in housing, and avoids a threatened ballot initiative by The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS)...

Ohio Launches Issue 2 Outreach Program 

Leaders of Ohioans for Livestock Care have announced the first phase of the statewide outreach campaign in support of passage of State Issue 2...

Michigan Producers Reach Compromise on Housing 

Michigan egg, pork and poultry producers have reached a compromise agreement with the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) that accomplishes three primary objectives...

Meat Group Suggests Drop Meatless Mondays 

The American Meat Institute (AMI) is urging Baltimore Public Schools to discontinue plans to hold “Meatless Mondays.”...

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Revisiting the December Pig Crop Report

At what point do we punt the December Hogs and Pigs Report? That is the question that is weighing on the minds of both market analysts and producers as hog slaughter numbers remain far below expected levels and weights show no signs of "backed up" hogs. I realize there are performance issues, so let's discuss the report, what it suggested for this spring, and the forces that could be driving numbers in various directions.

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Year-End Meat Inventories Down

Friday's Cold Storage report was not wildly bullish, but was certainly good news regarding the status of frozen meat and poultry inventories. Stocks for every species were well below year-ago levels and lower than the already-low levels reported in the December report. Data for all meat and poultry species appears in Table 1 and the monthly species totals are shown in Figure 1 to provide a historical perspective.

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