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Hog Producers Expected to Remain Profitable Despite Lower Margins
2015-07-03 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - An agricultural economics professor with the University of Missouri says, despite reduced margins, well managed hog operations should be able to make money this year and again next year, Bruce Cochrane.
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Hog Producers Advised to Protect Themselves by Forward Pricing
2015-03-10 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - The director of Risk Management with h@ms Marketing Services is advising pork producers to protect themselves from anticipated drops in the value of live hogs by forward pricing a portion of their production, writes Bruce Cochrane.
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Hog producers need to use emotion, not science
2015-01-29 06:27:00| National Hog Farmer
Damian Mason, a professional speaker, entertainer, writer, businessman and farm owner from Huntington, Ind., told an Iowa Pork Congress audience that U.S. livestock producers need to appeal to the emotions of American consumers, rather than using science that most them do not understand. read more
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Manitoba Pork Producers Blame Regulations for Falling Hog Production
2014-06-01 19:40:27| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - The chair of Manitoba Pork blames provincial government regulations for a shortage of hogs that has forced Manitoba's largest pork processing plant to reduce its processing schedule.
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CME: Producers' Push to Increase Hog Weights Benefits Pork Production
2013-12-17 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Biological lags will continue to constrain livestock expansion in 2014 even as lower feed costs certainly provide an incentive for producers to bring more product to market, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner.
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