Pork
The Power of Meat report released on March 24 reveals some major wins for the livestock and poultry industry.
Here’s a quick look at awards achieved and opportunities afforded in the U.S. pork industry.
Even with an improved outlook,Ever.Ag chief economist Lee Schulz says his forecast points to another tough reality: producers won’t get back to break-even levels on their balance sheets until August of this year, a testament to just how steep losses were in 2023.
Check out Sterling Marketing’s Pork Profit Tracker for the week ending March 14.
This world-renowned pork industry event returns to Des Moines June 4-5.
Rollins takes action to streamline U.S. pork and poultry processing.
Cash-traded feeder pig reported volume was above average this past week, with 23,100 head reported. Cash feeder pig reported prices were $106.18, up $3.49 per head from last week.
Two of the key messages that surfaced during the strategic planning process were to be bold and improve demand. What does that mean for producers?
U.S. pork producers now have maintained access and increased certainty to export their products to the 1.4-billion-person Chinese market, says NPPC CEO Bryan Humphreys.
The renewals are a relief to U.S. farmers and meat companies as they navigate trade disputes with major agricultural importers, including China and Canada.
The registration status for pork, beef and poultry plants across the U.S., including some owned by major producers, was changed from “effective” to “expired.”
Canada had temporarily suspended imports from the facility following an issue with a limited number of certain offal shipments.
Here’s how this new tagline could challenge you as pork producers and why that’s good news.
Farrow-to-finish margin $47.33, up from a week ago.
NPPC’s Maria Zieba says this is a unique time in global history. NPPC just filed comments to the U.S. Trade Representative in response to the retaliatory duties comments that were due and set to take effect on April 2.
Report details the areas seeing growth in exports and how they are tied to free trade agreements.
Sows get sick despite our best efforts. But how does this impact the piglet — especially as it relates to muscle development, feed efficiency and meat yield and quality?
All of the work pork producers do is for nothing if they don’t have a consumer on the back end who desires to purchase, eat and repeat purchase the product, says David Newman with the National Pork Board.
The suspension comes as Washington and Ottawa have engaged in a heated dispute over trade tariffs.
While there is much uncertainty with current trade and tariff news, current data gives analysts some insight into possible impacts.
Hog slaughter slightly up from week ago, calculated breakeven price at $69.96.
Alaska agrees to dismissal of claims along with a zero-dollar resolution with Triumph Foods.
U.S. pork exports to Central America were record-large in 2024, breaking previous highs in both volume and value.
U.S. Meat Export Federation released a study this week showing pork exports accounted for more than 100 million bushels of soybean demand last year. For corn, 525 million bushels were consumed by the beef and pork exported in 2024.
NPPC President and pork producer, Lori Stevermer, addressed issues Prop 12 creates for farmers and consumers.
President Trump’s new tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China have gone into effect. While the economic consequences are unknown, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has promised to have a plan ready for farmers, if needed.
Meat industry entrepreneur and innovator Doug Hankes of Western Smokehouse Partners says calculated risks changed the trajectory of his life and family business.
Beef packers saw losses of $195.60 per head and pork packers saw losses of $1.41 per head.
A rise in demand from the world’s biggest pork consumer had propelled the expansion and modernization of hog farms but consumption took a downturn in recent years due to a weakening economy, leading to a surplus that has hammered prices.
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