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Hog Slaughter Up Last Week; Good Year for Pork Demand
2013-12-17 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Something unusual happened last week: US hog processing plants harvested more pigs than they did one year ago. In fact, that is the first time such a statement could be made since the week of 16 August, writes Steve Meyer in his latest "Market Preview" published in National Hog Farmer.
CME: Producers' Push to Increase Hog Weights Benefits Pork Production
2013-12-17 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Biological lags will continue to constrain livestock expansion in 2014 even as lower feed costs certainly provide an incentive for producers to bring more product to market, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner.
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Hog Slaughter was Up Last Week and a Good Year for Pork Demand
2013-12-16 22:07:00| National Hog Farmer
Something unusual happened last week: U.S. hog processing plants harvested more pigs than they did one year ago. In fact, that is the first time such a statement could be made since the week of August 16. And, as can be seen in Figure 1, last week’s slaughter run was still below the level suggested by the September Hogs and Pigs Report estimate for the inventory of pigs weighing 50 to 119 lb. back on Sept. 1. Since Sept.1, FI slaughter has been 4.1% smaller than last year, and 2.8% smaller than the level I had forecast based on USDA’s Sept. 1 inventories. read more
Hog Outlook: New Antibiotics Policy Should Increase Feed Demand
2013-12-16 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - The Food and Drug Administration announced that they are "implementing a plan to help phase out the use of medically important antimicrobials in food animals for food production purposes, such as to enhance growth or improve feed efficiency," write Ron Plain and Scott Brown.
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Viet Nam: Hog Markets
2013-12-12 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
VIET NAM - Ron Lane, Senior Consultant for Genesus China and Meggie Vo, Research Assistant, provide the latest update on the Vietnamese hog market.
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