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Costs, Price Pressures Ease Just a Little 

There was a lot to be positive about in the pork industry the last week of October. I realize it is difficult to be optimistic when you are still losing $25 to $30/head. I also realize that positive news at this point could be as dangerous as it is welcome. But facts are facts, and we must recognize them....

‘Meat the Need’ Plan Only Offers Short-Term Benefits  

The “Meat the Need” program developed by the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture would establish a federally funded buying program to resolve the oversupply of dairy, pork and poultry industries....

Supply Crunch Exacerbates Price Spreads  

Judging by some e-mails and phone calls I have received recently, it is time once again to discuss retail pork prices and price spreads....

‘Meat the Need’ Plan is Designed to Help Producers 

The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) has announced a plan to support dairy, pork and poultry producers, while providing much-needed nutritional assistance to hungry Americans facing economic hardship...

Herd Reductions Signal First Signs of Economic Recovery 

Pork production losses are declining and herd reductions should result in a return to profits in the spring of 2010, according to Purdue University Extension Economist Chris Hurt...

Action Plan Developed For H1N1 Influenza 

State and federal animal health officials and pork producers have collaborated to produce an on-farm plan to keep the pork industry operating as normal in the event a U.S. pig herd is suspected or confirmed as being infected with the novel H1N1 Flu Outbreak Virus....

Russia Sets Plan to Cut Pork, Poultry Imports 

A Russian senior food executive has told Reuters that Russia will rely on imports for no more than 10% of its pork and poultry within three to four years as growing domestic output replaces the United States and other suppliers...

NPPC Stresses Message That U.S. Pork Is Safe 

The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) told foreign officials last night that the U.S. pork industry and the U.S. government are gearing up for a return of the novel H1N1 flu, and that both groups would continue to relay the message that the flu virus is not transmitted through food (pork) and that pork is safe to eat...

USDA Agrees To Purchase $30 Million in Pork Products 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today agreed to purchase an additional $30 million in pork products in fiscal year 2009 for federal food and nutrition assistance programs...

Carcass Weight, Slaughter Adjustments Preferred Over Breeding Fewer Sows 

“The North American swine breeding herd is declining and we will have less pork produced in the future, but the process is slow,” remarks John Lawrence, Iowa State University Extension livestock economist...

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