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CME: Lower Feed Prices Expected to Boost US Meat Production

2016-08-17 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

US - Today, we review the livestock and poultry numbers in last Friday’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand (WASDE) report from the US Department of Agriculture, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner.

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Record US Crop Production Forecast Good News for Feed prices

2016-08-17 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

US - The USDA's August Crop Production report, which provides the first official government estimates of the corn and soybean harvests, suggested record yields are on their way for these important feed ingredients.

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Feed prices cut production costs; hog prices dropping

2016-08-15 20:36:00| National Hog Farmer

Lower feed prices should drop cost of hog production, but this decline is not likely to be sufficient to keep hog profits in the black. Cheap feed wont do anything to boost hog prices, which may get very low this fall. read more

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Hog Outlook: Record Crops Should Keep Feed Price Down

2016-08-15 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

US - USDA is forecasting both a record corn crop and a record soybean crop this year. That should hold down feed costs and partially offset the financial losses from low hog prices this fall and winter, write Ron Plain and Scott Brown, Ag Economics, MU.

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