Of Trends and Such
About three years ago, I noted in some presentations and articles that the long-term trend for cash hog prices appeared to have turned. In spite of the recent dip in prices, I still think that trend is true, so I thought it would be a good idea to revisit the forces that drive trends...
Spot Marketing Hog Sales Slip In January
Price data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows fewer hogs were sold through daily-negotiated transactions (the spot market) for January 2008, than in previous years...
Canada Launches Culling Program
The government of Canada announced a Cull Breeding Swine Program this week that it is hoped will remove 10% of Canada's breeding herd from production. Here is what we know...
Canadian Report No Hit, Possibly a Miss
Last week's Canadian Hog Statistics report has been a topic of discussion in many quarters this week. It appears that virtually everyone, including Canadian producers and industry analysts, believe that Statistics Canada has missed the count...
Evaluate Market Weights
Today's low hog prices and high feed costs are squeezing producers' margins, and analysts have again called for lowering market weights to reduce supply,...
Pork Experiences Growth In National Meat Case Study
New results from the 2007 National Meat Case Study will provide the National Pork Board with insights on trends and strategies in meat case merchandising...
Producer Cooperative Plans To Buy North Dakota Plant
The Cloverdale Growers' Alliance Cooperative, a group of approximately 60 hog farmers in North Dakota, Minnesota and Montana, plans to purchase a majority...
Avoiding a Crash Landing
A few near-term adjustments could help ready your hog operation for long-term survival. My route to the office each day takes me across the low, swampy...
How to Manage High Input Costs
Changing times call for changing strategies in buying and selling. The time-honored strategy of buying low, converting efficiently and selling high is...
New "Highs" for Corn, Soybeans?
The title line of Ella Fitzgerald's classic, "How High the Moon," keeps coming to mind these days. Just how high is "high" in the grain markets? And how high will high be regarding hog markets in the coming months and years?...
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