Even though corn futures prices weakened after the June crop acreage report, using the iFarm price distribution tool there was still a 19% chance on July 9 that corn futures will be above $5 per bushel.
The global market for porcine vaccines is projected to expand at an astounding 7% from 2017 to 2025, says a new report from Transparency Market Research. The market was valued at $1.784 billion in 2016.
Hog producers say they are keeping breeding herd expansion at a low level, but there has been a recent tendency for expansion to be higher than indicated in Hogs and Pigs reports.
China is gobbling up supplies from abroad as African swine fever virus ravages their own herds. Prices in the European Union, which supplies more than half of China’s imports, are at a five-year high.
In August, owners of trucks transporting pigs without GPS trackers might face serious fines in Taiwan, an action the country’s Council of Agriculture has taken to prevent the spread of African swine fever (ASF).
USDA's acreage numbers injected a substantial amount of uncertainty into both markets that appears set to stay in place throughout the summer, according to University of Illinois agricultural economist Todd Hubbs.
Inventory of all hogs and pigs on June 1, 2019, was 75.5 million head, up 4% from June 1, 2018, and up 1% from March 1, 2019. This is highest June 1 inventory since estimates began in 1964.
Why is so much of the political and social capital of rural America is spent saving the ‘family farm’ if the whole of rural America’s economic system and landscape is changing?
Students in Missoula, Mont., will be learning how to butcher meat in a first-of-its-kind program teaching students about the livestock production cycle from conception to consumption.
Does drinking water quality influence health and performance of pigs? University of Minnesota researchers are looking at the impact of water quality on animal performance, gut health and livability of nursery pigs.
Farmweld, makers of pig technology and equipment, held a groundbreaking ceremony this week for state-of-the-art offices it’s building to continue to attract “the best and the brightest” employees to the company.
The World Organization for Animal Health passed a resolution regarding African swine fever, recognizing the need for collaborative preparedness, prevention, detection and control measures.
A growing school district, an active housing boom and rising pay scales are just a few examples of how the new Prestage Foods of Iowa pork processing plant in Eagle Grove, Iowa, is impacting the local economy.
