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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.
CME: Lean Hog Futures Gaining Ground
2016-01-18 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Lean hog futures have been gaining ground since mid November and were higher again yesterday. The nearby February contract was up 72 points and it is now up almost 300 points for the year, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner.
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Normalized US-Canada Hog Trade Expected to Take a Year
2016-01-15 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - The chair of Sask Pork expects full normalization of trade in the wake of repeal of US Mandatory US Country of Origin Labelling to take about a year, writes Bruce Cochrane.
CME: What Caused the Hog Slaughter Crash this Week?
2016-01-13 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - USDA reported hog slaughter on Monday at 324,000 head, about 113,0000 head less than what it was the previous week. The reasons for the decline have been widely reported in the press, relating to technical problems impacting Smithfield Foods, the largest pork packer in the US, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner.
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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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