Lessons from Mandatory Price Reporting
One of the driving forces behind the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 was a desire of producers to know the prices that were being paid for hogs purchased by some means other than the daily spot or cash market....
Sorting Out Slaughter Runs
Last week's big slaughter run (1.954 million head, 4.5% larger than one year ago) and this week's romping first three days (1.088 million head, 7.7% larger than the same three days last year) have us wondering if the expected increase in output, which has never shown up in USDA inventory reports, is finally upon us....
Consumers Vote on Certified Pork
Survey shows willingness to pay varies by certification scheme. Consumers say they will pay more for pork products meeting environmental and antibiotic-use...
Economists Expect Profits to Slow
The pork industry has enjoyed 27 consecutive months of profits but that winning streak may be coming to an end later this year. Producers have to look...
Poultry Pines, Pork Bounces Back
The Missouri forecasters are still more pessimistic about this year's third quarter, but are much closer to other forecasters for the remaining three quarters of the outlook....
More Beans, Less Corn Planted
It's a big day for USDA reports on Friday and the first ones out are rather friendly for livestock feeders...
Marketing Matters and Mixes
The hog market's remarkable summer run continued this week with carcass prices quoted at over $80 on Wednesday and...
What's Driving Wild Market Ride?
One of Will Rogers' most famous quotes concerned the weather in Oklahoma: "If you don't like the weather just wait a minute, it will change."...
Triumph Foods Awarded Grant for Illinois Plant
The state of Illinois has awarded almost $16 million in economic development funds for Triumph Foods to build a new, state-of-the-art pork processing...
U.S-Japan Confer Over New Food Safety Standards
A delegation from the United States, including representatives from the pork industry and the U.S. Meat Export Federation, met recently with the Japanese...
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