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Pork Commentary: Hog Prices Poised to Go Higher

2015-04-14 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

CANADA - We expect from now into summer to see a relentless increase in Lean hog prices. Easter has passed and the subsequent short hog-marketing week is over. Packers will have full week activities until memorial weekend. Short weeks are never farmer’s price friends, writes Jim Long President – CEO Genesus Inc.

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Pork Commentary: US Price Expectations

2015-04-07 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

US - We sometimes wonder how we end up thinking as we do. It is as if we are in a different universe compared to other commentators. Last week we read after we wrote our commentary the expectations of others. Last week we estimated based on the USDA’s March 1 Hogs and Pigs Report, that lean hogs would be 89-98 lean in May-August of 2015, writes Jim Long President – CEO Genesus Inc.

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Pork Commentary: Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report - Hope or Disaster?

2015-03-31 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

US - The USDA has released its March 2015 Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report, but is it hope or disaster? writes Jim Long President – CEO Genesus Inc.

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Pork Commentary: US Hog Market Languishes

2015-03-18 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

CANADA - We went to the United Kingdom and Spain, and we hoped when we returned we would see stronger lean hog markets. So much for that! What we had last Friday was life of contract lows on all future lean hog contracts, writes Jim Long President – CEO Genesus Inc.

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