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Jim Long Pork Commentary: Hog market continues to suffer
2020-06-25 09:30:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
Last week the US hog market harvest reached 2,587,000, about 130,000 more than a week ago and a year ago. Packers are obviously getting more hogs killed as they navigate coronavirus issues including h
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Jim Long Pork Commentary: More hogs marketed! Lower weights! Big financial losses! No fun in Mudtown.
2020-06-17 10:30:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
For the second week in a row, US market hog harvest was higher than a year ago. 2,457,000 vs. 2,439,000. We can only hope that US plants can continue to ramp up production. Strong Gross Packer Margins
Jim Long Pork Commentary: Finally US weekly harvest surpasses a year ago
2020-06-10 10:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
After several weeks of hog harvests significantly below a year ago, this past week the US got to 2,452,000, up 42,000 from the same week a year ago. Certainly a positive sign that US plants are gettin
Jim Long Pork Commentary: US hog weights continue to baffle
2020-06-03 13:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
Last week we observed that US harvest weights were decreasing this totally baffles us.
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Jim Long Pork Commentary: USDA announces Coronavirus Food Assistant Program (CFAP)
2020-05-28 15:30:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
About a month ago President Trump and Ag Secretary Perdue announced the Coronavirus Food Assistant Program (CFAP). At the end of last week some more details were announced re hogs.
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