Long-Term View Looks Bright for Iowa Producers
Abundant natural resources and a strong infrastructure will help the state's pork industry weather this economic downturn. Despite the prolonged depression...
Sausage Market Fundamentals Taking Hold
First an errata—U.S. sow slaughter plants can handle roughly 100,000 head/week—not “per day” as I wrote last week. That rate assumes five-day operations at all plants. A couple of industry insiders ...
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...
Sow Slaughter Finally Takes Upward Path
U.S. federally inspected (FI) sow slaughter finally went above year-ago levels the week of Aug. 15. That’s one of those occurrences ...
Canadian Breeding Herd Cutbacks Begin to Slow
Canada’s breeding herd continued to shrink in the second quarter but it did so at the slowest rate since ...
Not a Banner Year for Packers Either
The situation with pork packing margins has been somewhat of a mystery this year. There is always mystery regarding the actual level of ...
Pork Industry Here to Stay
Is there anything about this hog industry that is positive? That’s a question I keep hearing and, from an economic standpoint, it is a difficult one to answer....
Big Guys Announce Sow Herd Cuts, Others Wait
Tyson announced last week that it was reducing its breeding herd by 20,000 sows over the next 10 weeks....
Pork Exports Have Ups & Downs
U.S. pork exports for May were, as expected, significantly lower than one year ago, with shipments to virtually all major U.S. markets falling relative to last year. Total U.S. pork exports were 231.2 million pounds, product weight....
Lower Feed Costs Provide Pork Producers with Some Relief
Although the U.S. breeding herd is not dropping fast enough to bring pork production back to profitability, falling corn prices and prospects for lower soybean meal prices this fall are providing rays of hope for pork producers in the future, said Purdue University agricultural economist Chris Hurt...
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