Pork Futures: Pork Bellies End Mixed
CHICAGO - Pork bellies closed mixed, live cattle ended lower and feeder cattle settled mostly firm.

Weekly Outlook: Corn Production Prospects Uncertain
US - The USDA’s Prospective Plantings report released on March 31 provided much of the fuel for the spring rally in corn prices.

USDA Announcement Pleases AFBF
KENTUCKY - The USDA has made an announcement to purchase up to $50 million worth of pork products.

Market Preview: Hog Prices Just an Anomaly?
US - Weekly US Market Preview provided by Steve R. Meyer, Ph.D., Paragon Economics, Inc.

Weekly Review: Pork Demand Takes Giant Leap
US - Weekly review of the US hog industry, written by Glenn Grimes and Ron Plain.

Pork Futures: Lean Hogs Settle Higher
CHICAGO - Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs closed higher Friday on short covering and forward spreading that fought against shifting by longs out of June into July and August.

Swine, Avian Flu Genes in Same Virus
US - An unknown pathogen isolated from infected pigs at two midwestern swine production facilities in 2006 has proved to be a new strain of H2 influenza virus.

AMI Looks Back on Food to Fuel Mandate
US - AMI, joined by a cross-section of America's environmental and hunger groups, food industry organizations, tax and budget groups and Hispanic community advocates, today issued an open letter calling on Congress to revisit the food-to-fuel mandates...

Piggin' Crazy Political Correctness
US - The humble pig may soon become an casualty of political correctness as America and the rest of the Western world strives to accommodate religious demands.

No Rebuild for Cargill's Booneville Plant
US – US poultry, beef and pork processor Cargill says it will not rebuild the its fire damaged Value Added Meats (CVAM)plant in Booneville, Arkansas.

Emergency Pork Puchasing Granted
US - Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer has heeded calls from hog farmers and members of Congress to make $50 million in emergency pork purchases. The aims is to boost the sagging American pork market.

Pork Futures: Hogs Seen Mixed
CHICAGO - Analysts and brokers expect CME hogs to open mixed or even firm on buying follow through, Wednesday's pork cutout price jump and electronic-CBOT corn's run up that may support far-month hog futures.

Report Sees Impending US Food Safety Crises
US - A news report developed by the Trust for America's Health has lambasted the US food safety system, claiming to have uncovered major gaps in state regulations that leave American unnecessarily vulnerable.

Pew Report Overlooks Producers Progress
US - Recommendations issued yesterday from a commission composed primarily of members opposed to modern livestock production would raise the cost of producing food animals and increase meat prices in the face of a global food crisis, says the the National...

Biodiesel from Pork Fat Production Begins at Guymon
OKLAHOMA CITY — Texas County has long been recognized as the leading agricultural county in the state. Now it is also Oklahoma’s top biofuel county.

Minnesota's Pork Producers Suffering
US - Minnesota pork producers are not benefiting from higher prices. And rising feed costs are hurting the industry.

Pork Futures: Hogs Higher
CHICAGO - Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs closed higher Wednesday on short covering, fund buying and corn's price run-up. Also, June/July and June/August forward spreaders clashed with longs that rolled out of spot June into July and August.

IFAP Damned on Health, Welfare & Environment
US - Industrial Farm Animal Production methods have been critisised by a report deeming them unacceptable and a risk to public health, the environment and animal welfare.

The Key To Recovery For Hog Producers
US - A hog market analyst in Memphis, Tennessee says immediate sow herd reduction is the key to the recovery of the hog industry.

NPPC Welcomes Farm Bill Funding Agreement
US - “The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) has congratulated members of the House-Senate Farm Bill conference committee on reaching a broad funding agreement.