…million pounds, 8 percent below October a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 48,300 head, up 20 percent from October 2015. Pork production totaled 2.20 billion pounds, up 1 percent from…
Agri View: Corn Affecting Meat Prices
…pork, poultry and milk. This year, federal cattle prices have already dropped $20 per hundred weight. That trend is forecast to continue for the next two to three years. Big…
National Pork Board Statement on Discovery of Antibiotic-Resistant Gene
…to the National Pork Board, an important takeaway from the study is that the U.S. pork supply is safe. The resistant gene identified in the study was not found in…
Businesses Join Agriculture in Fretting Over Trump Anti-Trade Talks
…Any trade war that would develop during the Trump administration would significantly hurt U.S. agriculture exports, and the National Pork Producers Council says the pork industry would be forced to…
Agri View: Chicken Prices
Everett Griner talks about chicken prices following other meats in today’s Agri View. Chicken Prices For the past three or four years statistics show beef and pork prices climbing higher…
Agri View: Reducing Meat Consumption
…pork and poultry, it’s just cancer. There are other dietary problems that can cause death. Reducing meat consumption is just like losing weight. It isn’t difficult, you just have to…
Agri View: Seafood Consumption
…health advantages, seafood and shellfish still lack woefully behind beef and pork consumption in the American diet. That may not be what health officials want to hear. But it is…
Mexico Loaded Up on Corn Ahead of U.S. Election
…and it needs to import around 10 million metric tons or more of corn each year. Mexico is the number one buyer of U.S. corn and pork. From the National…
Grains Council Encourages Focus On Expanding Ag Exports
…these grains like beef, pork, poultry and ethanol. U.S. corn exports in September of this year increased 89 percent, to 6.3 million metric tons (248 million bushels), from year ago…
Ag Groups React to New GIPSA Rules
…Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack outlined some of the new proposals and Ag groups are worried. Dave Warner of the National Pork Producers Council says the interim rule allows individual farmers…
USDA WASDE Report At a Glance
…and pork production forecasts more than offset reductions in broiler and turkey production. Beef production is increased on the pace of slaughter and heavier carcass weights. Pork production for 2016…
September Meat Exports Strong
…to bolster pork demand in Mexico continue to pay dividends, as per capita pork consumption has increased nearly 20 percent since 2011 and now exceeds 40 pounds per year. Another…
With Election Day Over, Farm Groups Push for TPP
Many agriculture groups are now switching their focus to making a push for the Trans-Pacific Partnership before a new Congress. Groups including the American Farm Bureau Federation, the National Pork…
NPPC Joins Groups Urging Court To Nix WOTUS
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) joined dozens of other agricultural organizations, businesses and municipalities in asking a federal court to throw out a Clean Water Act rule that would…