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Pork Commentary: Is There Sow Herd Expansion?

2015-09-23 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

CANADA - There are obviously lots of hogs coming to market. Almost 10 per cent more than a year ago. There appears to be little PED factor. Billion-dollar question – are we expanding?

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Smaller Chinese hog herd, opportunity for U.S.

2015-09-16 21:10:00| National Hog Farmer

The world’s largest producer of pork is experiencing a historical downsizing of its hog herd. China has been culling hogs to the tune of nearly 100 million hogs and 10 million in its breeding herd over a two-year span, reports Rabobank Food & Agribusiness Research in a recently released report, “China’s Incredible Shrinking Hog Herd.” That’s a total that is equivalent to the United States’, Canada’s and Mexico’s hog inventory combined (see figure below). read more

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MANAGE NUTRITION FOR HERD TO BE PRODUCTIVE AND PROFITABLE

2015-09-10 17:37:49| Cattle Today

In the first two parts of this series we began discussing some of the intricacies of managing a nutritional program for the purebred cow herd. It should be stressed that that the various areas of discussion would also apply to the commercial breeding herd.

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Strong Growth in Northern Ireland Pig Herd

2015-09-09 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

NORTHERN IRELAND, UK - The pig herd in Northern Ireland in June 2015 increased by 7 per cent compared to the same time in 2014, according to preliminary results of the June agricultural census from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

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