Searching for Hidden Dollars
Editor's Note: Skyrocketing feed prices and the everyday uncertainties in the hog market have veteran pork producers and newcomers alike scratching their...
A Lender's Perspective
If you don't currently have a risk management strategy, you'd better get up to speed really quick to learn how to develop one. That's the best advice...
A Producer's Perspective
When markets move to extremes, fallout is assured and business fatalities become a reality. Norlin Gutz has been raising hogs for over 35 years. In the...
A Producer's Perspective
This southern Minnesota producer chips away at his highest input costs sow and pig diets. One of the best in the nation is how AgStar's Mark Greenwood...
A Marketer's Perspective
Doing a better job of marketing in the next 12-18 months will be key to the survival of many pork producers. Larry Sills, Premium Pork senior agent at...
Crop Forecasts Rattle the Market
What a week for U.S. agriculture, in general, and the hog business in particular! Consider:...
Three Factors Will Shape U.S., Canada Pork Industries
The Canadian and U.S. pork industries will be primarily shaped by three factors, over the next 12-18 months. These factors, all of which are at unprecedented levels, include:...
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...
USDA Projects Record Exports for 2008
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has updated its quarterly forecast for agricultural exports, projecting a record $108.5 billion for fiscal year 2008...
Cold Storage Trending Up
USDA’s monthly cold storage report, released yesterday (May 21), showed a slight reduction in April 30 frozen pork inventories from their record level of March 31. Total pork in commercial warehouses amounted to...
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