Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday that, “China imported a record amount of meat in March on supply concerns as hog herds in the world’s biggest pork consumer struggled to recover from African swine fever.
“Total imports, including offal, topped 1...
Highlights:
China’s cash hog price declines 35% since January and down 31% from a year ago;
Current hog price is dictated by seasonally weak demand and compounded by oversupply;
Hog sales from publicly traded Chinese hog firms more than...
There are three drivers influencing cost of production today; facilities, weaned pigs and feed, with feed cost accounting for over 60% of the total cost of production. In the last 90 days, we have seen feed cost per pig...
March of 2021 has set up to be a pivotal time in the U.S. swine industry. There are so many conflicting indicators that it will be challenging to know how to manage through this month and into the future....
Written collaboratively by Bindu Paudel and Deepthi Kolady. Reviewed by Heather Gessner.
The United States is the second-largest consumer of antibiotics in animal agriculture. The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) restricted the use of all medically important antibiotics for growth promotion...
Cash Steer Prices Expected to Jump Higher
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Tuesday April 6, 2021
LEAN HOGS:
Cash will be called higher for today as packers get back to business after a long holiday disruption. I anticipate all packers to...
he tech service team works to challenge current production protocols, evaluate new ideas and technology, and provide real data to make decisions. Utilizing actual sow farms, we can conduct large scale field research trials in actual production conditions. This...
We know that having some straw in the pen with growing pigs can reduce the incidence and severity of tail biting. Certainly the pigs will manipulate the straw and this will satisfy some behavioural needs. People wonder if the...
Weekly Pork Export Sales Reach a Marketing Year High
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Thursday April 1, 2021
LEAN HOGS:
Hedge selling pounded the summer hogs early yesterday but prices came back strongly with the June down 70 but 140 off...
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Tuesday March 30, 2021
LEAN HOGS:
How quickly some people forget. All of the analysts predicted a kept for market hog inventory even with last year. They seemed to have totally forgotten what occurred a...