US Exports Still Breaking Records
US - Pork exports from the US in February reached 346 million pounds, or 156,969 metric tons that's a 55 per cent increase over export totals from February 2007, says the Pork Check-off and excellent news for an industry where crisis is looming.

Capturing Conversion - Ways to Cut Costs and Aid Environment
US - With the rising price of fertilisers in the US market, many farmers are seeking alternative means to cut their costs. Relief seems to be just round the corner in the form of a new technology that promises to capture and recycle gas emissions from...

DDGs: Steady Supplies or Stockpiles?
US - Large surpluses of Distillers Grains in the United States have been forecast due to the rapidly expanding corn based ethanol production movement.

Grimaud and Newsham Form Strategic Alliance
US - Newsham Choice Genetics and Groupe Grimaud have entered into an agreement to form a long term strategic alliance.

200-plus Voice Concerns at Minnesota Meeting
US - More than 200 farmers attended an industry meeting held in Mankato yesterday. Organised by producer Mitch Truebenbach, the financial hardship being caused by escalating grain prices was top of the agenda

Pork Futures: Hog Close Higher
CHICAGO - Chicago Mercantile Exchange hogs settled sharply higher Tuesday on fund buying, rising cash hog prices and active short covering.

Weekly Roberts Report: Fluctuating Fortunes
US - Agricultural US Commodity Market Report by Mike Roberts, Commodity Marketing Agent, Virginia Tech.

Pig, lamb sale prices exceed last year's auction
US - Prices paid for swine and lamb were better than expected at the annual Monroe County Pig and Lamb Sale held earlier this week at the Monroe fairgrounds.

Cargill Reports 86 per cent Rise in Earnings
MINNEAPOLIS – US agrifood, animal feed and meat processing company Cargill has net earnings of US$1.03 billion in the third quarter of the 2008 financial year, up 86 percent from US$553 million in the same period a year ago.

Pork Futures: Most Hogs End Up
CHICAGO - Spot April Chicago Mercantile Exchange hogs settled weaker Monday before the contract's 1 p.m. EDT expiration, but remaining lean hog months closed firm on cash strength and short covering.

Tribal Court Stops Access to Pig Development
US - The owner of a hog farm planned for land west of Wagner is hoping that talks with with Yankton Sioux tribal officials, who oppose his plan, will remedy the dispute.

Weekly Outlook: Corn Fundamentals Still Look Strong
US - Corn prices dipped in the third week of March, but recovered following the USDA reports of 31 March. The uptrend that began in early October 2007 is still in place, says Darrel Good, Extension Economist, University of Illinois. Last week, December...

URGENT CALL: Minnesota Crisis Meeting
MINNESOTA - Pig producer Mitch Truebenbach is holding an producer meeting to bring public awareness of what is happening to the swine industry and discuss how it might survive.

From Pigs to Fish For Profit
MISSOURI - Former pig producer Ellis Dieckhoff has abandoned hogs in favour of fish. He has converted his pig buildings into a hatchery for bluegill, which he sells as bait fish - and it's proved a good move.

FMD Research Unit May Move to Mainland Livestock Area
WASHINGTON, US - The Bush administration is likely to move its research on one of the most contagious animal diseases from an isolated island laboratory to the U.S. mainland near herds of livestock, raising concerns about a catastrophic outbreak.