USDA's December hog survey said the nation's swine breeding herd was down 1.1% compared to a year ago and the market hog inventory is down 0.6%. They said September-November farrowings were down 0.2% and predict winter farrowings will be up ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Pig
There's a lot of bearish news for corn lately. But, there's hope for the bulls in the hog business. No, it's not going to get any easier for you to add value to your grain by feeding a few hogs on your place like what was the case in ...
Tags: Corn, Agriculture, Food
Tianli Agritech, Inc., a leading producer of breeder hogs, market hogs and black hogs headquartered in Wuhan City, China, today announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2013. Mrs. Hanying Li, Chairwoman ...
Tags: breeder hogs, black hogs
US-based pork producer and processor Smithfield Foods has reported a 62.6% decline in net earnings to $29.7m for the fourth quarter of 2013, compared with $79.5m for the same period a year ago due to rise in feed costs and decline in hog ...
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Zhongpin, a China-based meat and food processing company, has reported a 31% decrease in net income to $44.1m for the full-year 2012, compared to $64.2m in 2011, due to a lower gross profit margin, rising labor and utility costs, and higher ...
Olymel, a processor and distributor of pork and poultry products in Canada, has acquired the Canadian assets of hog producer Big Sky Farms for C$65.25m ($65.7m). Olymel noted that this acquisition is a strategic response to the challenge ...
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The US government has again cut its forecast for corn yields as the impact of the worst drought in the country for 50 years becomes clearer. Washington said the US corn yield is set to be the lowest since 1995-96, sending futures to a ...
Tags: US government, corn yields, drought, food industry
Canadian pork producer Big Sky Farms,which ran into financial troubles due to high feed costs,has entered into receivership and may be put up for sale. Feed costs in Canada have soared due to severe drought in the US. The company said ...
Tags: pork, financial troubles, feed costs, drought