Market analyst Dennis Smith looks at key fundamentals that are impacting the current hog market, driven by processors, a surprise Trump election and the weight of market hogs.
President-elect Trump has plans for TPP withdrawal; COOL will not return; corn ethanol mandate in RFS increased; new Trump transition team leader named; Simmons staff director of House ag Dems.
When females gestate through the heat of summer, the environmental stress reduces productivity in several ways. Researchers and producers have known for decades that the pregnant gilt or sow is directly affected by heat stress — reducing farrowing...
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The expanding U.S. pork industry creates marketing opportunities and challenges as more pigs and pounds of pork are hitting the market — domestically and globally.
Slaughter weights have been holding steady this fall. That is an indication that we haven’t created a backlog of hogs that will have to be worked through.
However you evaluate opportunities, the goal should be to strive to maintain a strong balance sheet with liquidity, improve production, reduce costs and maximize the value of the pigs sold.
Four leggers, two leggers, wings and fins all get sick and deserve the right to be treated. Antibiotics are among important tools for fighting illness, and the animal and human health industries cannot afford to lose their effectiveness.
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