…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…
Trade Essential for U.S. Beef and Poultry Markets in 2017
…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,…