Industry Leaders Intensify Plans To Solve Hog Economic Crisis
As the hog industry’s financial crisis deepens, a number of leaders announced steps that are being taken to address the issue in a teleconference call with journalists June 23...
Smithfield Plans to Cut 3% More Sows
Smithfield Foods reported its first annual loss in three decades, but says it expects performance to improve this year as the struggling hog industry cuts production in order to boost live prices...
Senator Harkin Pushes for Pressure To Lift Unjustified Pork Trade Bans
Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) called on U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to take more assertive action ...
Pork Industry Struggles to Survive Extended Downturn
Producers have basically lost money since September 2007 and on average have just 32-35% of their equity left, he said at a World Pork Expo press conference in Des Moines, IA...
Cargill Reaches Eight Animal Welfare Goals
Cargill Pork announced today that it has achieved eight critical animal welfare assurance goals pertaining to the production, handling, transporting and harvesting of hogs....
Spike in Variety Meat Sales Helps Boost Pork Export Values
A 45% hike in sales of pork variety meats in February helped overcome a slight dip in exports of pork muscle cuts to rally total pork exports to a 4.7% increase in value over February 2008...
PQA Plus Gains Momentum
Over 26,000 U.S. pork producers have received Pork Quality Assurance Plus (PQA Plus) certification, according to a recent report from Erik Risa, manager of education programs for the Pork Checkoff. ...
Recession May Help Pork Producers Survive
The recession may actually help pork producers because of feed costs are ratcheting down, says Purdue University Extension Marketing Specialist Chris Hurt....
U.S. Pork Exports Continue Surprising Growth Trend
Despite the global economic downturn, U.S. pork exports continue to prosper, according to October numbers compared to a year ago...
Webinar Addresses Feed Buying, Pricing Considerations for ‘09
The University of Minnesota is offering a webinar from 1-2 p.m. Dec. 9 to address feed buying and pricing considerations for 2009...
