Hog Market Trifecta Welcomed News
Continued high hog slaughter, a major rally in the pork cutout value and gross packer margins at their highest level since February 1999 – and all of this is happening in July, no less!...
Pork Continues Export Advance
U.S. pork exports continued their march forward in May, setting another monthly record, while beef exports reached their highest level since December 2003...
Producers Face Some Tough Losses Before Profits Return
Extraordinary losses for pork producers in 2008 may be offset by extraordinary profits in the last half of 2009 and 2010...
Smithfield Sells 5% of Stock To Chinese Company
The nation’s largest pork production and processing firm is selling nearly a 5% stake in its business to a Chinese company...
Ohio Holds Economic Outlook Session July 17
Steve Meyer, president of Paragon Economics, will address The Ohio Pork Producers Council (OPPC) on surviving the economic downturn in the pork industry...
Kansas Offers Mediation Services
Pork and beef producers struggling with soaring input costs have mediation services available through the Kansas Agricultural Mediation Service (KAMS)...
U.S. Pork Exports Predicted To Jump 200% in a Decade
In 1998, the United States shipped 1.116 billion pounds of pork, meaning that about 1 of every 6 lb. of pork exported was of U.S. origin...
April Pork Exports Smash Previous Record
U.S. pork exports continued to excel in April, beating the previous one-month record by nearly 12% to reach 387.2 million pounds of pork and pork variety meats valued at $391.5 million...
Prairie Swine Centre Closes Research Unit
PSC Elstow Research Farm Inc., a subsidiary company of Prairie Swine Centre Inc., based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, will close due to huge losses in the pork business...
USDA Bans Downer Cows
The Agriculture Department has announced a ban on cattle too sick or injured to walk from entering U.S. slaughterhouses...
