Marketing
Small Steps To a Turnaround
Mar 15, 2008 12:00 PM, By Dale Miller Editor
The bigger you are the harder high feed prices will hit your bottom line. Case in point Smithfield Foods' recent announcement to trim their one-million-sow...More
Marketing News
Risk Management Webinars Offered
May 9, 2008 4:10 PM
When asked if they were interested in an interactive, online educational series on risk management, pork producers responded with a resounding “yes.”...
USDA Announces Major Pork Purchase
May 2, 2008 2:20 PM
In response to pleas from pork industry leaders for assistance, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced plans to purchase up to $50 million of pork products...
Price Discovery
Hog Prices Just an Anomaly?
May 2, 2008 4:46 PM, Steve Meyer
To use an appropriate porcine question: Will demand save our bacon? When we look at the last two weeks, the answer could certainly be a resounding “Yes!” Why else would packers be aggressively chasing hogs when slaughter rates are so high? And why else...
Higher Prices Offer Little Relief
Apr 25, 2008 4:17 PM, Steve Meyer
It is difficult to believe that spot market carcass prices of $67/cwt. and futures contract prices in the $70s (and $80s for the deferred contracts) can leave the pork industry in a serious financial situation...
Strategies
Hog Prices Just an Anomaly?
May 2, 2008 4:46 PM, Steve Meyer
To use an appropriate porcine question: Will demand save our bacon? When we look at the last two weeks, the answer could certainly be a resounding “Yes!” Why else would packers be aggressively chasing hogs when slaughter rates are so high? And why else...
Higher Prices Offer Little Relief
Apr 25, 2008 4:17 PM, Steve Meyer
It is difficult to believe that spot market carcass prices of $67/cwt. and futures contract prices in the $70s (and $80s for the deferred contracts) can leave the pork industry in a serious financial situation...
Pork Quality
Pork Quality Program Achieves Milestone
Apr 1, 2008 4:23 PM
Reflecting a commitment to the U.S. pork industry and its customers, 10,000 pork producers have become certified in the Pork Quality Plus Assurance Program (PQA Plus)...
Smile! You're on Video Camera
Mar 15, 2008 12:00 PM, By Karen Bernick
Video monitoring supports employee training and troubleshooting efforts in sow farms. Bill Beckman suffers from a common plight facing production supervisors...
