Pork Business
For the week of March 26, cash-traded feeder pig reported volume was below average with 4,500 head reported. Cash feeder pig reported prices were $97.44, up $12.91 per head from last week.
Agricultural economists shared their forecasted prices for the next several quarters following the March 25 announcement of the March 1 Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report.
Iowa Rep. Chad Ingels joined AgriTalk to talk about House File 787, and how it provides support to build new meat lockers in the state as well as training.
Problems at ports are magnifying a surge in container shipping costs. And those costs are now showing up as farmers and ranchers source farming supplies.
USDA revealed COVID-19 is still impacting U.S. pork supplies. The latest Hogs and Pigs Report showed a surprise reduction in overall numbers, including sows.
Canadian pork producers are disappointed by the outcome of Thursday’s meeting between the Federal, Provincial and Territorial Ministers of Agriculture
Solar energy falls into the renewable energy category, and its growth has skyrocketed over the last few decades due to lower installation costs and consumer demand for more sustainable energy.
A second bill to change the H-2A guest worker program has been introduced in the House. This version would move oversight from the Department of Labor to USDA.
Early detection is critical to control and eliminate transboundary diseases that threaten the U.S. pork industry. Dr. Jeff Zimmerman of Iowa State University says it’s time for a new approach to detect these threats.
As USDA Vilsack prepares to testify before the House Ag Committee Thursday on the state of black farmers in the U.S., he is highlighting disparities in coronavirus aid payments to minority and disadvantaged farmers.
Conflicting reports of the severity of African swine fever in China continue to raise questions for the U.S. pork industry. Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack shares insight from the Chinese Ag Minister about ASF in China.
USDA will move forward with $20 per acre payments for price-trigger crops outlined in the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) round three with checks going out starting in April.
China is taking in record amounts of soybeans from the U.S., Brazil as its hog population recovers from ASF that began nearly three years ago, but import expansion into the next marketing year might be minimal.
In the last year there has been dramatic swings in the lean hog market, says AgDay’s Clinton Griffiths, and the scene today is setting up to be dramatic as well.
The Biden Admin. is readying a $3T infrastructure and economic plan. While officials say the plan centers around roads and infrastructure projects, critics say that’s only a small piece of the potential proposal.
German pig prices remained firm this week as sales inside Europe helped stabilize markets following import bans on German pork imposed last year by China and other Asian buyers.
Why do you do what you do? If you are anything like me, I bet you’ve stopped to take a deep look in the past year at how you spend your days. Pandemic living has definitely made me ask more questions.
Americans are buying more beef, pork, poultry and lamb than ever. Pandemic purchases helped send meat grocery sales soaring by 20% from 2019 to 2020. Here’s the latest from the newly released “Power of Meat” report.
The only certainty during spring planting is uncertainty. Farmers face many challenges: too much rain, too little rain, long hours, crop diseases and pests, machinery breakdowns.
Attempting to use the legislative process to make things more difficult for animal agriculture is far from a new tactic for animal rights activist organizations, but things seem to be heating up in this area.
Two people are suspected of dumping pigs along the Yellow River. Chinese authorities have collected at least 48 pig carcasses and are conducting tests, the state media said on Tuesday.
One year has passed since the red meat trade provisions of the U.S.-China Phase One Economic and Trade Agreement entered into force, expanding access for U.S. beef and pork in the world’s largest red meat import market.
What does it look like to walk 413 million steps or 7.5 times around the Earth? That’s the mind-blowing number of steps participants took during the first Fresh Start Wellness Challenge.
Swine transportation plays a big role in spreading infectious pathogens. Researchers investigated if thermal-assisted drying and decontamination can effectively inactivate ASF virus in the presence of organic materials.
For a fifth year, the White House is publicly recognizing March 23, 2021, as National Ag Day. As part of the proclamation, the White House salutes farmers and ranchers for the contributions they continue to make.
Proposition 12, California’s animal welfare rule, is slated to take effect on Jan. 1, 2022. But with these new regulations still mired in a legal battle, the pork industry is left in limbo, Rabobank says.
The governments of Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic have agreed that intensified hunting of wild boar is needed to combat an outbreak of African swine fever among wild animals.
For the week of March 19, cash-traded weaner pig volume was below average this week with 32,650 head being reported which is 65% of the 52-week average. Cash prices were $53.56, down $3.02 from a week ago.
The meat war continues. On Friday, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds proclaimed April as “Meat on the Table Month.” She encourages Iowans to support the livestock industry through meat consumption and purchases.
The U.S. pork industry is suffering from a serious labor shortage that, if not urgently addressed, will constrain pork production and lead to serious challenges in our food supply chain.