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What Do 2.3 million Finishing Hogs Tell Us?

2014-01-13 23:12:00| National Hog Farmer

By Ron Ketchem and Mark Rix, Swine Management Services LLC, Fremont, NE There are currently 1,291 finishing closeouts in the SMS database and after applying filters to remove bad data and groups affected by major diseases we ended up with 1,192 closeouts which represent 2,352,309 pigs for this article. read more

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Tyson, Smithfield call for humane treatment of hogs, more spacious housing for pregnant sows

2014-01-10 07:58:11| Food - Topix.net

TULSA, Okla. - The yearslong call by animal rights groups to improve conditions on American hog farms advanced considerably this week when two of the country's biggest meat companies urged producers to change how pregnant sows are housed, and one announced it wanted to stop the practice of killing sick or injured animals by "manual blunt force."

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Hogs & Pigs Report Final Estimates Within Range of Expectations

2014-01-06 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

US - On 27 December, USDA released the "Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report" reporting inventories as of December 1, 2013. These quarterly reports are usually highly anticipated by market participants as they provide key data for estimating hog supplies, writes Lee Schulz.

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USDA Quarterly Hogs Report Bullish; Cash Hog Fundamentals Still Bearish

2013-12-31 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

US - Last Friday afternoon's 'Quarterly Hogs & Pigs' Report from the US Department of Agriculture showed the US hog inventory as of 1 December at 65.940 million head, which was around 368,000 head below the average pre-report trade forecast.

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