Hog Outlook Turns Positive for 2006
Lower anticipated feed prices and stronger late-summer hog prices have combined to provide a more positive long-term outlook for pork producers, says Chris Hurt, Purdue University Extension marketing specialist....
Doubling Pork Production
The Doubling Pork Task Force has the goal of assessing efforts to double pork production in Indiana by 2025, says Terry Fleck, project coordinator and...
Producer Plants Advance
Triumph Foods' plant set to open late summer/fall. The 625,000-sq.-ft., state-of-the-art Triumph Foods packing and processing plant at St. Joseph, MO,...
RFID In, Variation Out
Southern Minnesota pork producer Robert Baarsch is looking for a bigger piece of the packer pie. To get it, the CEO of Next Generation Pork has been working...
Canadian Plant Expansion Applauded
North Dakota pork producers are applauding word that packing plant capacity is set to expand in western Canada....
Global Pork Sales Targeted
The Free Trade Agreement negotiated with Central America and the Dominican Republic (CAFTA-DR) passed two early tests in mid-June, winning preliminary...
Smithfield Draws Mixed Reviews in Poland
Nearly five years after purchasing a majority stake in the Polish meat packing conglomerate, Animex, Smithfield Foods remains a lightning rod for criticism...
NPPC Pushes to Reauthorize Mandatory Price Reporting
In a congressional hearing June 22, the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) urged members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry...
Profitability May Be Winding Down
Eighteen months of profitability has been therapeutic for a hog industry buffeted by low prices in recent years, but that may all come to an end in 2006....
Producers Reluctant to Expand
Despite more than a year of profitability, U.S. pork producers are holding off on expansion, says Purdue University agricultural economist Chris Hurt....
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