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ThePigSite Latest News
Monday, April 28, 2008
'Red Ink' Remains for Hog Producers DES MOINES - Farm analysts say that pig producers will continue to struggle with profitability due to low hog slaughter prices and high grain costs.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Weekly Review: Pork Product Prices Pushed Higher US - Weekly review of the US hog industry, written by Glenn Grimes and Ron Plain.
Market Preview : Higher Prices Offer Little Relief US - Weekly US Market Preview provided by Steve R. Meyer, Ph.D., Paragon Economics, Inc.
Livestock Slaughter: Hogs up 5%, Lamb and Mutton at Record March Low US - Report by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Pork Futures: Hogs Finish Uneven CHICAGO - -Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs settled mixed Friday, with May through August higher on cash quotes, short covering and spreading into front months out of back contracts, driven by pre-weekend position evening.
Friday, April 25, 2008
Goats' Milk Helps Fend off E. coli-related Illness US - Pigs fed goats' milk that was genetically modified to carry an important antibacterial enzyme found in human breast milk showed signs of better resisting attack by common E. coli bacteria than did pigs fed unmodified goats' milk without the human...
Pork Futures: Hogs Finish Lower CHICAGO - Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs settled lower on fund selling, June/July bear spreads and Chicago Board of Trade corn's fall.
US and Canadian Hog Inventory Up Three Percent US - This publication is a result of a joint effort by Statistics Canada and NASS to release the total hogs, breeding, market hogs, sows farrowed, and pig crop for both countries within one publication.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
USDA Must Address Crisis, say Pork Industry Leaders US - In the face of rising feed costs and tightening credit markets and in an effort to stem mounting financial losses, the US pork industry has asked the US Department of Agriculture for assistance.
Peta Offer a $Million for In Vitro Meat US - Scientists around the world are researching or seeking funding to research ways to produce meat in the laboratory without killing any animals. Now the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has decided to up the pace by offering a million...
Pork Futures: Hogs End Up Sharply US - Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs settled sharply higher Wednesday on fund buying, fundamental support and short covering.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Weekly Roberts Report US - Agricultural US Commodity Market Report by Mike Roberts, Commodity Marketing Agent, Virginia Tech.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Glycerin: A Different Kind of Feed US - Crude glycerin, a byproduct of biodiesel production has recently been fed to poultry and pigs in a series of tests conducted by the Iowa State University. They say that the results indicate that as a feed, crude glycerin is viable and comparable...
Record Conference in the Name of Welfare ATLANTA, US - Top animal welfare experts gathered in record numbers for a conference highlighting new trends, the latest research and leading strategies to implement better care on the farm.
Pork Future: Hogs End Lower CHICAGO - Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs closed lower Monday on fund liquidation, bear spreads and Chicago Board of Trade corn's price plunge.








