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CME: USDA Hogs and Pigs Market Bearish

2014-09-30 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

US - On Friday, 26 September, 2014 USDA issued the results of its quarterly survey of US Hogs and Pigs operations, writes Steve Meyer and Len Steiner.

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Weekly Overview: PED, Hogs & Pigs and the Importance of Biosecurity

2014-09-29 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

GLOBAL - Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED) presents a whole new range of challenges to the US pig sector when it comes to forecasts for pork production and prices; this was clear from the quarterly 'Hogs & Pigs' report, published last week and the commentary upon it. Canada has reported its first PED outbreak for some weeks. Vets and farmers in the UK explored biosecurity as a vital way to keep PED and African swine fever off the country's farms at a workshop last week.

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Hogs and Pigs Report Suggests ExpansionBut PEDV Gets the Last Word

2014-09-27 01:21:00| National Hog Farmer

The inventory of all hogs and pigs in the United States on Sept. 1, 2014 was 65.361 million head. This was down 2.3% from Sept. 1, 2013, but up 6% from June 1, 2014. Summarizing his thoughts upon the release of the report, Ron Plain, professor of agricultural economics, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, says, Across the board, every one of these numbers came in higher than trade expectations, so in my mind, this is a bearish Hogs and Pigs Report. read more

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