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Pork Commentary: Hog Market – It's Beyond Belief!
2014-03-25 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - The Iowa – S. Minnesota lean hog price averaged $128.36 last Friday. A year ago the price was 74?/lbs. About $115 per head higher year over year. At just over 2 million hogs per week. The difference would be over $200 million a week for the industry (that’s if hogs not sold ahead or margin calls downside). A massive difference year over year. Compound the fact feed costs are down, writes Jim Long.
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Connecticut Stands Up for the Rights of Family Hog Farmers
2014-03-24 20:32:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: The National Pork Producers Coucil The National Pork Producers Council publicly thanked the Senate Environment Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly for standing with local Connecticut farmers by defeating a measure banning the use of gestation stalls, which is a safe and humane form of housing for pregnant sows. read more
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How High Can Hog Markets Go?
2014-03-24 18:21:00| National Hog Farmer
By Steve Malakowsky, AgStar Financial Services After a few weeks of continued market increases in the hog industry, the only topic on everyones mind is how high can these markets go? Looking back just two months, we have seen margins for the next 12 months improve by over $35 per head on what were already historically high margins. Back when this opportunity was presented, most producers took advantage and locked in some very good profits for 2014. However, since that time, porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) has changed the hog world as we knew it, and I know many individuals have been second guessing their decisions and are trying to manage their business accordingly. read more
Hog Outlook: Retail Pork Price Declined in February
2014-03-24 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - The retail pork price declined 3 cents per pound in February to $3.73. This is still 24 cents above the February 2013 price. The choice beef retail price was 40 cents per pound above the year ago level, while the retail chicken price was unchanged, write Ron Plain and Scott Brown.
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Hog Wild: Factory Farms are Poisoning Iowa's Drinking Water
2014-03-21 12:22:54| Food - Topix.net
Millions of pigs are crammed into overcrowded barns all across the state, being fattened for slaughter while breeding superbugs-all to feed China's growing appetite for Spam.
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