Take the quiz below to rate your score for managing sow mortality. High sow mortality has been and continues to be a significant problem within our industry....
A new series of hand winches is available in three different models. Thern, Inc. has expanded its line of winch options with the introduction of a new...
Pork producers should be prepared to handle emergencies and not wait until large numbers of pigs suddenly die. As states continue to modify environmental...
The medium-sized Biovator was tested for compliance with Canadian regulations at a 1,250-sow farrow-to-finish unit. Handling the inevitable mortalities...
Mortalities are a reality on any hog farm. There are many options for carcass disposal, but some raise environmental concerns. Rendering is still the...
New products introduced to the pork industry in the last year and displayed at the 2005 World Pork Expo offered a good blend of new technology and sound...
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.
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.
