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Japan Remains Key U.S. Pork Export Focus
2014-02-17 21:05:00| National Hog Farmer
By Dan Halstrom, Senior Vice President for Global Marketing & Communications,The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) When you talk with pork exporters, there are many customers around the world, but Japan remains the prime target the center of the bulls-eye when it comes to value. Thats not only true in the United States, but pork-exporting countries around the world are also focusing their resources on building their share of this critical export market. read more
Will Shrinking Consumer Disposable Income Threaten Pork Demand?
2014-02-17 20:24:00| National Hog Farmer
By Steve Meyer, Paragon Economics, Inc., Adel, IA A look at how decreasing personal disposable income could affect the pork industry. Several years ago I put together the model depicted in Figure 1 to illustrate how The Great Recession was impacting the meat and poultry business. A recession has been defined in a number of ways, of course, but the most commonly cited one is two successive quarters of lower gross domestic product (GDP). Thank goodness we are no longer in a recession but revisiting the graphic put the question of just where we do stand in terms of the business cycle to top of mind. Thus, you are reading about it this week. read more
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Export Data is Good News for Pork Producers
2014-02-17 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - December export data is good news on two fronts. December’s US pork exports provided a strong note on which to end a generally disappointing year. Total US pork muscle cut exports for December amounted to 454.6 million pounds carcass weight equivalent, a total that was 6.5 per cent larger than one year ago, writes Steve Meyer for The National Hog Farmer.
Iowa Pork Producers Introduce Cyclone Swine Spectacular Youth Event
2014-02-17 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - An all-new swine educational event is being held for Iowa youth later this month in Ames.
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Interest in Pork Spans Many Cultures, Ethnicities
2014-02-17 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - A recent consumer tracking studyconducted by the Pork Checkoff shows that multicultural consumers are enjoying fresh pork more frequently than the average consumer within the Checkoff's target market.
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