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Cash-traded feeder pig reported volume was above average this past week, with 20,570 head reported. Cash feeder pig reported prices were $38.28, up $2.45 per head from last week.

Launching the new Center on Vaccine Evaluation and Alternatives for Antimicrobials, or CVEAA, Kansas State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine aims to support animal vaccine development and usage.

A year after the pandemic disrupted the hog industry and left producers facing financial ruin, operators are now experiencing a once-in-a-lifetime rally as farrow-to-finish margins climbed another $7 per head last week.

A California man has shown that ghost cattle are unnecessary to create a Ponzi scheme, just ghost manure. Or, at least, ghost manure digesters.

Farrow-to-finish pork producers earned $28 profit per hog last week, a $3 per head decline from the previous week. A month ago farrow-to-finish pork producers showed a loss of about $2 per head.

Cattle feeding margins declined despite cash prices that were steady across all regions. Packer margins improved with higher beef cutout prices.

Profit margins for cattle sold for slaughter last week declined $55 per head, according to the Sterling Profit Tracker.

Average feedyard closeouts improved last week as cash prices inched modestly higher.

Average feedyard closeouts continued to show solid profits on cattle marketed the final week of March.

Cattle feeding margins declined by $80 per head last week as cash prices slumped $1 to $2 per cwt.