Bloomberg writer Megan Durisin reported last week that, “Global food costs jumped last month, extending a march toward a record and piling more inflationary pressure on consumers and governments.
“A United Nations index tracking staples from wheat to vegetable oils...
By Dennis Smith
312-242-7905
Monday, November 8, 2021
GRAINS:
Lower prices across the board. Be careful selling these markets in the hole ahead of the crop report due out Tuesday at 11:00. Not that I’m bullish but a whip higher before or after the report is a...
In 1994, the Norwegian Pig Health Service decided to embark on a plan to eradicate Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (Mhyo). A partial depopulation program was initiated in all Mhyo positive farrow-to-feed and farrow-to-finish herds. Total depopulation was performed in all positive...
Weekly Pork Export Sales Huge
By Dennis Smith
312-242-7905
Thursday, November 4, 2021
GRAINS:
We were stopped out of long Dec soybean oil positions overnight at our stop price of 6042. The overnight low was 6016. Prices have since staged a full recovery with crude oil higher. However,...
Most, if not all, pigs harbor some strains of Streptococcus suis (Strep suis). Lately, challenges by the bacteria appear to be on the rise, but that could be interpreted as a positive.
“It’s up for debate whether Strep suis is...
The USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) indicated in its October Oil Crops Outlook report that, “Brazil planted 38.6 million hectares of soybeans in the 2020/21 marketing year. With yields reaching all-time highs of 3.55 tons per hectare, Brazil produced a...
Jim Long, President and CEO Genesus Genetics
U.S. slaughter last week 2,551,000; a year ago 2,694,000. That’s 5.5% less.
U.S. Iowa – S. Minnesota slaughter weights are 2 lbs. higher year over year.
Certainly, appears to us less hogs around. The USDA...
Funds Sold Hogs Aggressively and Now Caught in a Trap
By Dennis Smith
312-242-7905
Monday, November 1, 2021
GRAINS:
Wheat prices are strong early today as Egypt is tendering for a large chunk of wheat. The results will be announced later today. So, European wheat values are...
Lucas A. Rodrigues1,2, and Daniel A. Columbus1,2*
1Prairie Swine Centre, Inc., Saskatoon, SK
2Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
*dan.columbus@usask.ca
Highlights
Average daily gain and feed efficiency in diseased pigs may be improved by a combination of functional...
MORNING LIVESTOCK REPORT
By Dennis Smith
312-242-7905
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
GRAINS:
As expected, corn and soybeans failed at resistance. However, they’ve not taken out support so the jury is still out regarding the next major move. My sources report that U.S. corn is now competitive to China. Ok, then where...