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People Drive Economics 

I was asked recently to make a presentation to an industry group on "The Economics of Today's Pork Industry," and it set me to thinking about what I normally do...

Futures Rally Offers Opportunity 

After a big rally during October and some retracement during November, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Lean Hog futures have shown some signs of life...

Pork Storage Rise No Surprise 

USDA's November Cold Storage report, released Tuesday, really contained no surprises or shocking changes in meat inventories...

Market Slippage No Surprise 

This week's cash hog market is somewhat of a head-scratcher. Not that I didn't expect lower prices...

Not A "Good News" Week 

USDA's monthly Crop Production and World Agriculture Supply and Demand reports released this week indicate that the big crop is getting smaller...

Canadians Report More Slippage 

Last week's Hog Statistics Report from Statistics Canada indicates that the Canadian pork production sector is indeed in the clutches of several economic problems, few of which appear to be of their own making...

Brace for Higher Feed Costs 

The feedgrain price situation has been the talk of the meat industry this week with quite a bit of speculation as to...

Skyrocketing Corn Prices 

My lamentations over the future of feed costs in an "ethanol or bust" world probably have gotten on a few people's nerves -- until the past two weeks...

More Bearish Pig Crop Reports Needed? 

I guess we need a few more "bearish" Hogs & Pigs Reports to stimulate this hog market. Go figure....

Circovirus Uncertainties 

There is still a lot of talk about porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) and porcine circovirus-associated disease (PCVAD), but much of the discussion is now shifting to vaccines that have been...

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