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Hog Profits Return as Feed Prices Fall

2013-10-11 16:27:00| National Hog Farmer

Source: Purdue University This fall is proving vastly different from last year as falling feed prices are returning hogs to profitability, and a reduction in slaughter numbers seems to show that producers are noticing, Purdue Extension agricultural economist Chris Hurt says. Major drought in 2012 ransacked the nation's feed crops, sending livestock feed prices sky high and driving hog producers to quickly send animals to slaughter. With a record-large corn crop expected this year, feed prices have been decreasing, which has turned around the outlook for hog profits. read more

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