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Hog Producers Feeling Effects of Government Shutdown
2013-10-07 22:49:00| National Hog Farmer
The federal government shutdown, of course, has nothing to do with our business, but will have more and more profound impacts each day it drags on. You never know how much something means until it is gone certainly applies to this situation. We criticize, nitpick and fume with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) over its data, but when there is nothing to criticize, nitpick and fume over, we see just how valuable those data are. read more
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CME: Significant Discount to USDA Hog Price
2013-10-07 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Livestock producers, packers and end users are trying to adjust now that all of the USDA market reporting they had come to depend upon has stopped, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner.
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Hog Outlook: US Market Hog Inventory Larger Than a Year Ago
2013-10-07 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Last Friday's September hogs and pigs report said the US market hog inventory was 0.3 per cent larger than a year ago and the breeding herd was up 0.4 per cent, write Ron Plain and Scott Brown.
NC hog farmers worry about Smithfield Foods buyout
2013-10-06 22:44:01| Food - Topix.net
Several North Carolina hog farmers are worried what the buyout of Smithfield Foods by a Chinese company will do for the pork industry.
U.S. government shutdown forces Cargill, Smithfield to change hog pricing
2013-10-05 17:36:40| Food - Topix.net
U.S. meat packers Smithfield Foods Inc and Cargill Inc said they will change the methods they use to determine what price to pay for hogs on Monday because of the partial U.S. government shutdown.
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