Bubble Bursting or Just a Leak?
Was that the sound of a bubble bursting – or was it just the sound of a leak? Regardless, the price moves of the past two weeks have provided some hope for cost-challenged livestock producers....
Exports Lone Bright Spot in Pork Picture
U.S. pork exports continue to shine in the face of record hog slaughter that is perpetuating depressed live hog prices, according to University of Missouri agricultural economists Glenn Grimes and Ron Plain...
Processing Downers Could Bring Fine, Plant Shutdown
Three senators have co-sponsored legislation that would fine and close livestock slaughter plants that repeatedly process downed animals...
All Signs Point to Mountain of Pork
With farrowing predictions up 1-3%, total production up 2-3% and slaughter up about 5%, prospects look ominous for 2008. U.S. packers slaughtered a new-record...
Small Steps To a Turnaround
The bigger you are the harder high feed prices will hit your bottom line. Case in point Smithfield Foods' recent announcement to trim their one-million-sow...
Of Trends and Such
About three years ago, I noted in some presentations and articles that the long-term trend for cash hog prices appeared to have turned. In spite of the recent dip in prices, I still think that trend is true, so I thought it would be a good idea to revisit the forces that drive trends...
Spot Marketing Hog Sales Slip In January
Price data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows fewer hogs were sold through daily-negotiated transactions (the spot market) for January 2008, than in previous years...
Canada Launches Culling Program
The government of Canada announced a Cull Breeding Swine Program this week that it is hoped will remove 10% of Canada's breeding herd from production. Here is what we know...
Canadian Report No Hit, Possibly a Miss
Last week's Canadian Hog Statistics report has been a topic of discussion in many quarters this week. It appears that virtually everyone, including Canadian producers and industry analysts, believe that Statistics Canada has missed the count...
Evaluate Market Weights
Today's low hog prices and high feed costs are squeezing producers' margins, and analysts have again called for lowering market weights to reduce supply,...
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