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Hog Slaughter Up Last Week; Good Year for Pork Demand
2013-12-17 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Something unusual happened last week: US hog processing plants harvested more pigs than they did one year ago. In fact, that is the first time such a statement could be made since the week of 16 August, writes Steve Meyer in his latest "Market Preview" published in National Hog Farmer.
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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Hog Slaughter was Up Last Week and a Good Year for Pork Demand
2013-12-16 22:07:00| National Hog Farmer
Something unusual happened last week: U.S. hog processing plants harvested more pigs than they did one year ago. In fact, that is the first time such a statement could be made since the week of August 16. And, as can be seen in Figure 1, last week’s slaughter run was still below the level suggested by the September Hogs and Pigs Report estimate for the inventory of pigs weighing 50 to 119 lb. back on Sept. 1. Since Sept.1, FI slaughter has been 4.1% smaller than last year, and 2.8% smaller than the level I had forecast based on USDA’s Sept. 1 inventories. read more
PED Virus Likely to Drive up Pork Prices in Nebraska
2013-12-16 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv) is slaying pigs throughout Nebraska, and is killing young piglets particularly due to fledgling immune systems.
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Pork Could be Given Major Marketplace Make-over, Says Association
2013-12-16 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - Increasingly, as more free-trade pacts with the rest of the world are put in place, European Union pig producers can expect to find their domestic markets challenged by third country imports, particularly from Canada and the States.
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