Home › CME: Cattle Numbers Shrink, Pig and Poultry Expanding
 

Keywords :   


CME: Cattle Numbers Shrink, Pig and Poultry Expanding

2013-09-20 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

US - While cattle numbers continue to shrink due to the cumulative effect of two years’ of drought conditions in some major cow-calf regions and chicken and pork producers look to expand their flocks/herds and output as feed prices moderate, the turkey business is reeling from the past year’s high feed prices and an unexpected negative shock for demand this summer, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner.

Tags: numbers expanding pig cattle

Category:Agriculture and Forestry

Latest from this category

All news
22.11Trump expected to tab Kelly Loeffler for Secretary of Agriculture
22.11Hay supply is likely up, but winter feed costs still matter
22.11Future plans for US SHIP and USDA's role explored
22.11Strategy for increasing feed efficiency for cows
22.11Top 3 myths of cattle marketing
22.11Carcass management workshop gets pork producers FAD prepared
22.11Are we close to eliminating Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae from the U.S. swine herd?
22.11Costa to challenge Scott for top House Agriculture Democrat role
Agriculture and Forestry »
23.114 ver. 6
23.11120
23.11 3rd tour DOUBLE STAR Blu-ray
23.11PSA8_
23.11/nd
23.11
23.11 #49
23.115in1UP
More »