Hog Prices Just an Anomaly?
To use an appropriate porcine question: Will demand save our bacon? When we look at the last two weeks, the answer could certainly be a resounding “Yes!” Why else would packers be aggressively chasing hogs when slaughter rates are so high? And why else...
Higher Prices Offer Little Relief
It is difficult to believe that spot market carcass prices of $67/cwt. and futures contract prices in the $70s (and $80s for the deferred contracts) can leave the pork industry in a serious financial situation...
Why Heavyweight Hogs, Now?
Big question of the day: Why are pork producers selling such heavy hogs when feed costs so much and profits are so awful?...
Birth Weight Effects on Postnatal Growth
In the existing commercial sow populations, variation in postnatal growth performance of their offspring may be already preprogrammed before birth. Because...
Economic Effects Of Variation
In 1986, I had a hole-in-one at the Ames (IA) Country Club. As I was carrying on like a kid, my golf partner sat quietly in the golf cart. I thought maybe...
Pork Exports Gain More Strength
Let’s start with some good, good news: U.S. pork exports are smoking thus far in 2008! USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service data released Thursday indicate that pork exports set an all-time monthly record of...
What’s Up with Sow Prices?
Just how fast are producers responding to the worst economic conditions since price collapse of the ’98-99 – or perhaps ever? That has been a topic of widespread discussion these past few weeks...
U.S. Hog Inventory Continues to Climb
Nearly all of the hog inventory numbers in the latest USDA Hogs and Pigs report broke records for March, but a slight drop in farrowing intentions offers some hope...
Spreadsheet Helps Decide Best Hog Slaughter Weight
To help pork producers become as efficient as possible when dealing with record-high grain prices, Kansas State University Research and Extension officials have developed ...
USDA Report Called "Ugly"
If U.S. and Canadian hog producers needed any more cold water to shock them into full-scale contraction, Friday’s Quarterly Hogs & Pigs Report from USDA ought to do it. The numbers are huge and point to...
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