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Hormel Foods Corporation Reported Its Performance for The Fiscal Year 2014 First Quarter
Feb 25, 2014Hormel Foods Corporation today reported its performance for the fiscal year 2014 first quarter. All comparisons are to the first quarter of fiscal 2013. The company reported fiscal 2014 first quarter net earnings of $153.3 million, up 18 ...
Tags: Hormel Foods, Refrigerated Foods
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In a Quarterly Pork Report,The PEDv Continues to Weigh on Potential Herd Expansion
Feb 25, 2014Though hog farmers are starting to see decent profits, the continued presence of a major disease continues to keep a lid on profits and herd expansion, a report released this week shows. In a quarterly pork report, Rabobank livestock ...
Tags: lower feed costs, the pork market, PEDv
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Pork Industry Has Started a Slow Expansion Driven by Lower Feed Costs
Jan 21, 2014The U.S. pork industry has started a slow expansion driven by lower feed costs, which should lead to more rapid growth of pork supplies in the latter half of this year, says Purdue Extension agricultural economist Chris Hurt. That could ...
Tags: pork, Agriculture, Food, Meat
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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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Rabobank Global Cattle Price Index Has Risen by 6 Percent Since June
Dec 26, 2013The Rabobank Global Cattle Price Index has risen by 6 percent since June, driven by lower-than-expected beef supply in the main exporting countries and strong Asian demand, according to a new report from the Rabobank Food & Agribusiness ...
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There's a Lot of Bearish News for Corn Lately
Dec 23, 2013There'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
