To “Read” Walt’s charts, keep the following in mind:
Support – this term refers to a trend line or price area under the market which is expected to hold the market from potential decline.
Resistance- a price area or trend line...
Dr. Vanessa Lagos, former Ph. D. student from the Stein Monogastric Nutrition lab, presented a talk in live in the Midwestern section meeting about requirements for calcium by growing pigs. Adapted from a presentation at the 2021 ASAS Midwestern...
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and lean hog futures fell on Friday as sluggish slaughter rates continue to drag on prices, traders said.
"They're both facing the same fundamental music – this slaughter disruption due to weather, labor tightness and...
Reuters writer Tom Polansek reported last week that, “Seaboard Foods, the nation’s second-biggest pig producer, said on Friday it will limit sales of certain pork products in California due to a measure requiring farmers to provide more space for...
Jeff Okones, DVM, Pharmgate Animal Health
First described in the late 1980’s as Blue Ear or Mystery Pig Disease, Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) has become a perennial and expensive challenge for U.S. pork producers, costing the industry an...
Farmscape for November 29, 2021
Full Interview 5:28
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Research conducted on behalf of the Swine Health Information will help set the stage for more reliable detection of disease-causing viruses in feed. As part of research conducted on behalf of...
Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures ended lower on Thursday, retreating near the close on technical selling and soft cash hog markets, traders said.
The CME’s lean hog index, a two-day weighted average of cash hog prices, fell 0.51 cent...
A new high-oil corn product offers greater amino acid and energy digestibility in growing pigs, according to new research from the University of Illinois.
“This corn has a higher oil concentration – almost 9% – and more protein, a little...
Farmscape for October 22, 2021
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The Executive Director of the Swine Health Information Center says the possible introduction of a foreign animal disease through feed remains a top-of-mind concern for the pork sector. A just completed...
Bloomberg’s Mike Dorning reported last week that, “The U.S. Department of Agriculture has potentially found a vaccine to combat African Swine Fever , a disease that devastated hog herds in China and was recently detected in the Dominican Republic...