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North American Preview Archives by Date On March 12, the USDA and the Department of Justice will launch a series of “Competition Workshops” in Ankeny, IA. The focus of the first workshop will be crops and seed, but the session will also include hogs and pork. The hogs and pork segment will also be included in a livestock workshop planned for August in Fort Collins, CO. ... Friday’s Cold Storage report was not wildly bullish, but was certainly good news regarding the status of frozen meat and poultry inventories. Stocks for every species were well below year-ago levels and lower than the already-low levels reported in the Decemb... Is it demand or is it supply? That is the big question regarding the continued rally of cutout values and hog prices over recent weeks. Regardless of the driver, the resounding consensus from producers is:... U.S. pork exports in October were 6% lower on a product weight basis than those of October 2008. The decline in the most recent month for which data are available is a bit of a disappointment, since September had seen exports go to the positive side of the year-on-year ledger for the first time since March. ... Why are we analysts more mushy-mouthed than usual about the hog price and profit forecast? Well, maybe the old adage about laying all of the economists in the world end to end and never reaching a conclusion contains a great deal of truth.... There was a lot to be positive about in the pork industry the last week of October. I realize it is difficult to be optimistic when you are still losing $25 to $30/head. I also realize that positive news at this point could be as dangerous as it is welcome. But facts are facts, and we must recognize them.... August exports totaled 307.573 million pounds, carcass weight, 18.4% smaller than one year ago but 27% larger than in August 2007.... Judging by some e-mails and phone calls I have received recently, it is time once again to discuss retail pork prices and price spreads.... Friday’s USDA Hogs and Pigs report indicates the pace of breeding herd liquidation may be quickening, generally agreeing with pre-report estimates.... U.S. federally inspected (FI) sow slaughter finally went above year-ago levels the week of Aug. 15. That’s one of those occurrences ...
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Article Archive
Rehashing Hog Pricing Categories
Year-End Meat Inventories Down
Savoring the Strength in the Hog Market
Mexico’s Pork Buying Edges Closer to Japan’s
Hard Lessons for Hog Industry Economists
Costs, Price Pressures Ease Just a Little
Pork Export Picture Not as Bad as It Looks
Supply Crunch Exacerbates Price Spreads
Hogs & Pigs Report Cautiously Encouraging
Sow Slaughter Finally Takes Upward Path
