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Hog Outlook: Hog Slaughter Up Again Following Thanksgiving Week
2016-12-05 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - We've got another record. This week's hog slaughter totaled 2.540 million head, up 18.0 per cent from last week which was light because of Thanksgiving; up 4.8 per cent from the same week last year; and if not revised, the most ever in a week. Prior to this fall packers had never slaughtered 2.5 million hogs in a week. They have done it four times in the last seven weeks, write Ron Plain and Scott Brown, Ag Economics, MU.
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Hog Outlook: Hog Slaughter Up 5.5% From Last Week
2016-11-07 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - This week's hog slaughter totaled a record 2.532 million head, up 5.5 per cent from last week, up 7.2 per cent from the same week last year, and 8,000 head above the old record set just two weeks ago, writes Ron Plain and Scott Brown, Ag Economics, MU.
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US Slaughter Hog Glut Causes Deeper then Expected Price Declines
2016-11-04 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
The Director of Risk Management with h@ms Marketing Services says the glut of hogs available for slaughter in the US has caused a much steeper than expected decline in live hog prices as processing plants reach capacity, writes Bruce Cochrane.
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CME: Hog Slaughter Numbers Truly Shocking
2016-09-28 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Hog slaughter numbers last week were truly shocking and the fear is that hog supplies on the ground are larger than what packers are able to process during a regular work week, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner.
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CME: Fire at Smithfield Closes Hog Slaughter Plant
2016-09-08 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Media reports said a fire at Smithfield’s Monmouth, Illinois hog slaughter plant occurred Monday night and has closed the plant for an “undetermined amount of time”, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner.
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