09/21/2009 03:13PM
Citing the vital importance of trade to U.S. agriculture, the American Farm Bureau is urging the Obama administration to submit the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA) and the U.S.-Korean Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA) to Congress for a vote.
04/28/2009 12:55PM
Weaning is probably the most stressful time in a pig's life because of the many changes it must undergo. Before weaning, pigs consume approximately 24 equally spaced meals per day. These meals come in the form of a highly digestible liquid that contains about 35% fat, 30% protein, and 25% lactose (on
04/10/2009 04:14PM
Hog Outlook: Slaughter Down Five Percent From Last Year
Gilt slaughter for the past six weeks has run high. However, sow slaughter is running well below a year earlier. For the four weeks ending March 28, sow slaughter was down 12 percent from 2008 after adjusting for the size of the breeding herd.
05/26/2008 04:19PM
On May 12, 2008, China’s Sichuan Province experienced a massive earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale.Although the epicenter of the earthquake is not a main swine and pork production area, some large production areas near the earthquake center were impacted.The immediate impact includes destruction
04/10/2008 07:38AM
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 10, 2008 – Tough new regulations covering livestock farms represent a major step forward in environmental protection, imposing severe penalties on those who continue to pollute rivers and streams with manure runoff, the National Pork Producers Council said in comments filed Monday
01/12/2008 06:19AM
Steve Murphy, the chief executive officer of the National Pork Board since 2001, has submitted his resignation to the board.
Lynn Harrison, a pork producer from Elk Mound., Wis., and president of the 15-member National Pork Board, said the board reluctantly accepted the resignation but has asked Murphy
12/06/2007 05:40AM
Hog processors enjoyed record double-digit spreads during November due to the recent drop in hog prices, JP Morgan analyst Pablo Zuanic wrote in a note to investors. November spreads averaged $16 per head, putting average margins at a record 14.6 percent. Zuanic said the only other times spreads were
11/15/2007 06:35AM
U.S. pork and pork variety meat exports set a new record for the month of September, with an 8 percent increase in volume to 101,131 metric tons, and 10 percent growth in value to $251 million compared to last September, the U.S. Meat Export Federation reported. Through the first nine months of this
11/07/2007 06:17AM
As hog prices continue to decline below the break-even point, U.S. producers are expanding — not contracting — their herds, and are not expected to reduce production any time soon, analysts told Meatingplace.com. Hog futures prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange last week fell to three-year lows