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Cheap corn, soybeans play well into hogs needs

2016-08-29 21:36:00| National Hog Farmer

Big corn and soybean crops are good news for hog producers as these two grains remain the main ingredients in pig diets, and these feedstuffs should be economical. read more

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CME: Hogs Post Record Slaughter Levels

2016-07-25 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

US - USDA-NASS has released its June monthly livestock slaughter numbers. Although USDA-AMS reported daily slaughter gives us a fairly clear picture of what monthly slaughter was before the monthly report comes out, the monthly numbers are helpful in terms of putting longer term trends in perspective, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner.

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How much floor space do heavy market hogs require?

2016-07-21 17:32:00| National Hog Farmer

By Lee Johnston and Sarah Schieck, University of Minnesota Studies to be completed by February Researchers at five universities are conducting parallel studies to see if current floor space allowances for finishing hogs should be updated due to hogs being raised to heavier weights. read more

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Hog Outlook: More Hogs Than Expected

2016-07-04 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

USDA's June acreage report says there were 94.1 million acres of corn planted this year. That is 7 per cent more than last year and the third most corn acres in the last 70 years (after 2012 and 2013). Soybean acres planted total 83.7 million, which is up 1 per cent from last year and a new record, write Ron Plain and Scott Brown, Ag Economics, MU.

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