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Hog Outlook: Winter Weather Impacting Hog Trade
2016-02-10 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Weather was a big factor in this week's hog trade as a winter snowstorm in the Midwest caused several slaughter plants to stop operations for a day. Hog prices were higher despite idle slaughter plants and weakness in both the cutout value and the futures market, write Ron Plain and Scott Brown.
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Hog Outlook: Seaboard Foods to Buy Portion of Christensen Farms
2016-02-02 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - This week Seaboard Foods announced an agreement to buy a portion of Christensen Farms hog operations, a feed mill and truck washes for approximately $71.1 million, write Ron Plain and Scott Brown, Ag Economics, MU.
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Hog Outlook: Meat Prices Head Lower
2016-01-25 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - An increase in the meat supply combined with poor export demand and weak domestic demand has caused meat prices to head lower, write Ron Plain and Scott Brown, Ag Economics, MU.
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Hog Outlook: Big Losses for Iowa Pig Producers
2016-01-18 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Calculations by Lee Schulz at Iowa State University estimate Iowa farrow-to-finish producers lost $18.40 for each hog marketed during December. That is the biggest monthly loss since April 2013. For all of 2015, producers averaged a profit of $7.93 per hog marketed, write Ron Plain and Scott Brown, Ag Economics, MU.
Hog Outlook: 2015 Commercial Hog Slaughter Up
2016-01-12 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - For 2015, US commercial hog slaughtered totaled roughly 115,391,900 million head. That was up 8 per cent from 2014 and the second highest year ever, after 2008. Don't be surprised if 2016 hog slaughter breaks the 2008 record, write Ron Plain and Scott Brown, Ag Economics, MU.
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