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Jim Long Pork Commentary: US sow herd liquidation
2020-04-01 15:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
The US sow herd certainly showed significant liquidation in the March 1st Hogs and Pigs Report. On December 1st, 2019 the USDA indicated the US breeding herd was 6.471 million; 3 months later on March
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Jim Long Pork Commentary: Lets deal with some positives
2020-03-25 12:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
Last week US 53-54 percent lean hogs increased from 58.47 to 61.78 - $6.00 plus a head. Last week USDA pork cut-outs went from 69 to 80 lb. - $22.00 plus a head Latest US.weekly Pork Exports were 43
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Jim Long Pork Commentary: random observations from the swine industry
2020-03-19 11:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
Jim Long provides a rundown of observations from the swine industry to counterbalance the ongoing coronavirus commentary.
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Jim Long Pork Commentary: Spain - riding high
2020-03-12 15:30:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
Spain last week reached a record high in hog prices at 1.54 euro a kilogram liveweight (79 US lb. liveweight). Its ability to push exports to China is really paying off.
Jim Long Pork Commentary: whats in a name?
2020-03-06 11:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
We all can remember that the Swine Flu outbreak had nothing to do with Swine, but it certainly hurt pork demand. We have lived through Swine Flu, SARS, MERS, Y2K (all computers were going to quit on J
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