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Pork Commentary: US Cash Hog Prices Continue High

2013-09-17 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

CANADA - It’s mid-September and US Lean hogs are hovering around 93¢/lb. A year ago they were 68¢/lb, writes Jim Long, President – CEO Genesus Inc

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Pork Commentary: US Hog Market Stays Strong

2013-09-10 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

US - Last week US 53-54% lean hogs were just over 90¢/lb., a year ago they were about 72¢/lb. That is 18¢/lb. difference is pushing hogs to the better almost $40 year over year. Huge difference. Almost $100 million a week more for the North American Industry. A year ago we were losing gobs of money. Now making some.

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Pork Commentary: Road Trip Russia – Week 3

2013-09-04 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

RUSSIA - "Last week, our trip continued in Russia continued in the Ural Region of East Central Russia," writes Jim Long.

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Pork Commentary: Road Trip Continues - Russia

2013-08-27 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

RUSSIA - This past week we were in Russia. In that span we travelled from Krasnodar to Rostov-onDon, Voronezh, Belgorad, Tambov, Penza and Samara. Some of it we flew some we drove. We drove about 1,600 km (1,000 miles) through the heartland of Russian agriculture, writes Jim Long.

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