Pork Futures: Hogs Fall
CHICAGO - Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs Monday closed sharply lower, with June and July tumbling to fresh seasonal bottoms, on Friday's bearish hog report and fund selling.

Commentary on March 1, 2008 USDA Hogs and Pigs Report
By Dr Mike Brumm, Brumm Swine Consultancy, Inc., North Mankato, Minnesota.

Weekly Outlook: Three Friendly Reports For Corn
US - The USDA’s quarterly Hogs and Pigs report, quarterly Grain Stocks report, and annual Prospective Plantings report all appeared to be supportive for corn prices, says Darrel Good, Extension Economist, University of Illinois

USDA Reports Could Be Important For Crop Prices
US - Three upcoming USDA reports will provide valuable fundamental information for crop markets. These include the Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report on March 28 and the Quarterly Grain Stocks and annual Prospective Plantings report...

U.S. Food Prices Pork Out
US - If your diet consists entirely of bacon, you probably haven’t noticed that food prices in the United States are rising. Practically everything else is going up, and the respite for lovers of pork bellies is temporary.

Market Preview : Look for Analysis of USDA Report
US - Weekly US Market Preview provided by Steve R. Meyer, Ph.D., Paragon Economics, Inc.

Weekly Review: Cold storage stocks of pork were up 6 percent
US - Weekly review of the US hog industry, written by Glenn Grimes and Ron Plain.

Burger King Hungry for Welfare
US - Burger King has been praised for reaching objectives for the U.S. system’s purchase of pork products from gestation stall free operations. In doing so they help increase welfare standards nationwide.

Corn Returns May Top Soybeans in 2008
URBANA - Corn may be a more profitable crop for Illinois producers in 2008 than soybeans, according to a new University of Illinois Extension study.

Pork Futures: Hogs Slide
CHICAGO - Lean hogs closed mostly lower on spreaders selling June and buying April and June/July bull spreads that hammered July but cushioned June's fall. Uneasiness going into the pig report Friday weighed on futures later in the day.

Pig Manure to Contribute to Energy Generation
US - Registrations have begun for a pilot program that will allow farmers to sell electricity, generated from processing pig manure, back to the national supply.

New Vaccines Offer Breeding Herd Protection
NEW YORK - Swine producers can now protect breeding animals against major reproductive diseases. Two newly formulated 2-ml vaccines have been launched by Pfizer Animal Health that target porcine parvovirus, erysipelas and leptospirosis.

US Inventory Predictions: Marginal Contraction in Breeders, While Hogs Continue to Rise
US - On March 28 USDA will release the results of their latest survey of the US swine inventory. Ron Plain believes the national breeding herd will have contracted by 1.0 per cent on the previous year ago, but the market hog inventory has, and will continue...

Pork Futures: Hog Lose Ground
CHICAGO - Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs closed lower Wednesday on profit-taking, fund selling and caution before Friday's hog report.

No Humanity in Humane Slaughter Law
WASHINGTON, D.C., US – With meat recalls due to bacterial contamination and the horrific handling and slaughtering of downer cows making headlines in recent months, consumers are increasingly aware of some of the problems occurring behind slaughterhouse...