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Friday, October 14, 2022
GRAINS:
If you’re harvesting corn and placing it into storage, I highly recommend the bearish option strategy we executed yesterday; buying the Dec corn 690 put/selling 700 calls on either side of even money. At this moment, you’d have to...
Rotavirus infections in pigs have been around for decades. But in the last several years, the virus has re-appeared, causing diarrhea in neonatal and post-weaned pigs that impedes their growth for life.
“Rotavirus persists in the environment, including the sow,...
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Wednesday, October 12, 2022
GRAINS:
Grains are lower with crop ratings improving and traders are squaring up ahead of the supply/demand report scheduled for release later today. I’ve always felt that yield would come in better than expected. The market (corn) eventually convinced...
U.S. farm equity in 2022 is 27.7% higher than it was in 2017 and 42.7% higher than it was in 2012. During the last 10 years, net farm income was above the long-run average (i.e., average from 2007 to...
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Friday, October 7, 2022
LEAN HOGS:
The Sep unemployment rate stands at 3.5% and the U.S. economy created 263,000 jobs during Sep compared with expectations of 275,000. No matter how you slice it, no matter what the stock market does today, this information...
Research for piglet survival requires hundreds of replicates per treatment to achieve adequate statistical power.
Reminiscing back to my family’s 50-head pure-line sow herd in the 1980s, I recall we on occasion had a sow that barely fit into the...
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As a pig producer, managing heat loss during winter months can be a struggle for the health of your pigs and your profits, particularly for pigs that are housed predominantly outside or in unheated...
Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR) piglets are associated with large litter size and is suggested to be a factor in 5% to 10% of pregnancies. A crowded pregnant uterus affects placental functions regarding size, vascularity, and surface area. Smaller placentas...
Much has changed over the last 20 years in the choices of feed ingredients available and the way swine diets are formulated. One of the most significant changes is the use of corn-derived dried distillers’ grains with solubles (DDGS)...
This month marks my 25th year working for Compeer Financial and its predecessors. One constant over that time has been the continuous change. We have new and better technology in all aspects of our life. The people we work...