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PEDV Still Taking a Toll on Hog Markets
Jan 23, 2015Although it’s been a quiet topic since jumping to Hawaii, the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) is still taking a toll on hog markets. The hog market yo-yo’ed throughout 2014, and we should expect that to continue into 2015 ...
Tags: hogs, pork, Agriculture
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The Never-Ending Theme of The Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus
Jan 23, 2015Three steps forward, two steps back. That seems to be the never-ending theme of the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, better know as PEDv. U.S. researchers have identified a third strain of PEDv in a Minnesota hog herd that’s ...
Tags: hog producers, diarrhea virus, Agriculture
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KKR and Three Other Investors to Invest in China's Cofco Meat
Jun 9, 2014Private equity firm KKR, along with three other investors, has agreed to invest $270m for 70% stake in integrated pork company COFCO Meat, a unit of China's state-run COFCO Group. While KKR is the lead investor, paying $150m, other ...
Tags: Meat, pork, meat industry, Agriculture, Food
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CPC Welcome Today's News That The Terms of FTA Has Been Finalized
Mar 13, 2014The Canadian Pork Council (CPC) has been following with great interest developments in trade negotiations between Canada and South Korea and welcome today's news that the terms of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has been finalized. The ...
Tags: Pork, Agriculture, Food
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Current Futures Markets Are Suggesting a Live Price for 2014 at a Record High
Mar 12, 2014Uncertainty surrounding total swine herd losses to porcine epidemic diarrhea virus has sent lean hog futures for spring and summer contracts to record-high levels, but it's possible the markets have overreacted, a Purdue Extension ...
Tags: PEDv, Demand for pork, avoid the disease
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Virus Sweeping Through Farms Is Growing Concern for Canadian Pork Producers
Jan 21, 2014A virus sweeping through farms in the United States is a growing concern for Canadian pork producers. Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea first appeared in the U.S. last spring and has already spread to 22 states. It has not been found in Canada, ...
Tags: Pork Industry, PED, Rajiv Arora, Robert Harding
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Demand Will Play a Key Role in The Profitability of Pork Producers Throughout 2014
Jan 14, 2014An agricultural economist with the University of Missouri says demand will play a key role in the profitability of pork producers throughout 2014. As the result of dramatically lower feed costs and stable live hog prices U.S. pork ...
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Lower Feed Costs and Stable Pork Supplies Will Mean Improved Profits for Hog Producers
Jan 9, 2014A University of Missouri agricultural economics professor predicts lower feed costs and stable pork supplies will mean improved profits for hog producers this year. During 2013 the price of corn in the U.S. fell from close to seven ...
Tags: Feed Costs, Pork, Agriculture, Farming
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2014 Could Be The Most Profitable Year Since 2006 for The Province's Pork Producers
Jan 4, 2014The chair of the Saskatchewan Pork Development Board says, thanks to lower feed costs, 2014 could be the most profitable year since 2006 for the province's pork producers. As a result of drought that devastated the U.S. corn crop in 2012 ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
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Number of Hogs on Iowa and U.S. Farms as of December 1 Has Declined
Jan 3, 2014The number of hogs on Iowa and U.S. farms as of December 1 has declined, according to the latest USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service Hogs and Pigs Report. The report released Dec. 27 shows there were 20.5 million hogs and pigs ...
Tags: Hog Inventory, Agriculture
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United States Hog Inventory Down 1 Percent
Dec 27, 2013United States Hog Inventory Down 1 Percent United States inventory of all hogs and pigs on December 1, 2013 was 65.9 million head. This was down 1 percent from December 1, 2012, and down 2 percent from September 1, 2013. Breeding ...
Tags: Hogs, Pigs, Agriculture
