…U.S. beef sector. Meatingplace reports expected increases in supplies and decreased prices of chicken, beef, pork and grain had a panel of analysts at the meeting thinking along the same…
Funding to Help Agricultural Producers / Small Rural Businesses
…local economies with their innovative ideas and entrepreneurial spirit.” In Guinda, Calif., Riverdog Farm is receiving a $183,946 grant to increase the processing of pork into bacon, sausage, ham and…
Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook
…2017 is $15.55-$16.45, a reduction from $16.15-$17.15 forecast last month. Pork/hogs: The September Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report showed record-high September 1 inventories and a record-high litter rate for the…
Rabobank Says Pork Export Pace is Slowing
A lot of pork production and slowing Chinese pork imports are going to pressure American pork prices in the next several months, according to Rabobank in its latest quarterly Pork…
Ambassadors Make Case for Lame-Duck TPP Vote
…ambassador is touting the benefits of TPP as well, saying 80 percent of the Vietnam business community is backing the deal. The National Pork Producers Council is one of the…
Strong Push on TPP in Lame-Duck
…sale of poultry, pork, beef, dairy and eggs to TPP markets. There is too much promise in the TPP for us to give up.” Prospects for passage of TPP are…
Beef, Pork Imports in China Growing
…hog and pork prices to encourage a recovery in China’s hog herd, which should limit the country’s import needs in 2017. USDA forecasts pork imports at 2.2 million metric tons,…
NPPC Concerned About Rules On Livestock Contracts
…the pork industry $420 million a year to comply with the rules.) As a result, tens of thousands of comments, including 16,000 from pork producers, were filed in opposition to…
Largest Hog Processor to Reopen Thursday
…disruptions are still causing problems in the pork industry. Through Tuesday of this week, hog slaughter is 101,000 head behind last week’s numbers. Kill numbers are also 52,000 behind last…
USDA WASDE Report at a Glance
…pork production is more than offset by lower broiler production. No change is made to turkey production. Beef production is raised on higher expected slaughter although carcass weights are reduced…
TTIP Deal Faces Uncertain Future
…even rejected an EU request for three days of agriculture talks. The National Pork Producers Council, which supports TTIP, said the group is skeptical of father progress of the trade…
TPP Vote After Elections?
…as president. Iowa State University economist Dermont Hayes said the TPP would cause pork exports to jump exponentially as the product moves overseas to the other 11 nations in the…
August Beef, Pork Exports Strong
August was a strong month for U.S. red meat exports as beef export volume was the largest in nearly two years and both beef and pork exports posted the highest…
HSUS Lawsuit on Regulating CAFO Emissions Dismissed
…Columbia Circuit threw out the case because the plaintiffs did not give EPA 180-days’ notice of their intent to sue, which is required. In 2006, nearly 1,900 pork producers and…