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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...

South Dakota Pork Plant to Expand 

John Morrell’s Sioux Falls, SD, pork plant is on the verge of starting the largest expansion in the state’s history....

Seasonality -- Help or Hindrance? 

Seasonality is a never-ending fact of life for pork producers. Virtually everything that happens on a hog farm varies according to the time of year. ...

Exports Remain a Bright Spot 

U.S. pork exports continue to grow at a torrid pace this year -- much to the benefit of U.S. producers and packers....

Production-Packer Match Point 

Producer output and packer capacity must coincide. To function efficiently, the U.S.-Canadian pork sector must be a well-tuned interaction of mainly independent...

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