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Cheap Corn Makes Cheap Hogs 

That's the adage and it has historically been very true. It's corollary is that high-priced corn makes high-priced hogs...

Packers' Status Remains Unsettled 

It was a tumultuous week for the North American pork industry's packers. The culmination of the Swift & Company derby and the closure of the Mitchell's plant...

Making Sense of Demand Data 

The status of meat demand in general, and pork demand in particular, is a bit of a mystery at present...

New Paradigms Taking Shape 

U.S. market hog prices continued their quite normal seasonal increase last week with national net negotiated prices reaching $72.65/cwt. carcass...

Canada Reports More Slippage 

Canada's Hog Statistics report, released late last week, indicates that the Canadian breeding herd continues to decline on a year-over-year basis...

Debating Meat Dominance 

So what is the "dominant" meat in the U.S. marketplace? That probably depends on how you want to define dominant. Perspective is such an important issue in so many things, isn't it? ...

Market Study Under a Microscope 

In the Feb. 22 edition of North American Market Preview, I addressed the findings of the recently released Livestock and Meat Marketing Study by...

Studying the Weight Class Swings 

In my Hogs and Pigs Report review sent earlier this week, I alluded to the big swing between the year-over-year change between the inventory of...

Hogs & Pigs Report Special Edition 

It's not often that information trumps the Hogs & Pigs Report, but that was certainly the case on Friday as USDA released the highly anticipated...

Moderate Growth in Pig Numbers Projected 

The results of Dow Jones' quarterly survey of market analysts regarding their estimates of the key numbers...

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Costs, Price Pressures Ease Just a Little

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. ...

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The "Good" and "Bad" Sides of a Cheaper Dollar

As I begin this week's column, I"m reminded of two different "flip side" statements that may help characterize the topic at hand. The first is the old Archie Campbell schtick - "That's good - no that’s bad," which I have used before. The second reflects President Truman's frustration with economists' incessant use of the qualifier - "on the other hand" - to introduce the contrary opinion on a given topic. President Truman once demanded in his usual colorful language: "Will someone please find me a *!&%$*?>

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