Cheap Corn Makes Cheap Hogs
That's the adage and it has historically been very true. It's corollary is that high-priced corn makes high-priced hogs...
Making Sense of Demand Data
The status of meat demand in general, and pork demand in particular, is a bit of a mystery at present...
New Paradigms Taking Shape
U.S. market hog prices continued their quite normal seasonal increase last week with national net negotiated prices reaching $72.65/cwt. carcass...
Market Study Under a Microscope
In the Feb. 22 edition of North American Market Preview, I addressed the findings of the recently released Livestock and Meat Marketing Study by...
Studying the Weight Class Swings
In my Hogs and Pigs Report review sent earlier this week, I alluded to the big swing between the year-over-year change between the inventory of...
Slaughter Levels Perplexing
One of the big questions in recent weeks is how much of a challenge is being posed by recent slaughter levels? It's a very good question...
Pork Exports More Robust Than Ever
The performance of the U.S. pork industry in terms of pork exports got off to a blistering start for 2007. January pork exports...
Consider Hog Price Risk Strategies
Hog producers should start thinking through price risk management strategies that can be exercised in the next 60 to 90 days, urges a Purdue University Extension marketing specialist. “For those who want...
Hog-Corn Ratio Revisited
As we contemplate the impact of high corn prices on the U.S. hog sector, it behooves us to revisit an old friend - the hog-corn price ratio...
A Closer Look at GIPSA's Marketing Study
USDA's Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration released its latest effort to gauge the competitive situation in U.S. livestock and meat markets this week...
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