Strict biosecurity and management at farm level are the most effective...
(Source: OIE - World Organisation for Animal Health) Strict biosecurity and management at farm level are the most effective measures to prevent porcine epidemic diarrhoea (PED) The World Organisation...
View ArticleRabobank Report: Global Pork Industry Q4 2014 Heated Markets Cooling Down
NEW YORK, Oct. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Rabobank has published a new report on the global pork industry, saying that heated international markets are slowly cooling down. In the report, the bank's...
View ArticleU.S., Canadian, and Mexican Ag Officials Conclude Tri-National Agricultural...
(Source: NASDA - National Association of State Department of Agriculture) Release Date: 10/09/2014 For Immediate Release Contact: Amanda Bryant Director, Communications National Association of State...
View ArticleHog farms rebound from virus
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View ArticleCorn Prices Slump to Five-Year Low on Bumper U.S. Crop
Corn futures slumped to a five-year low as farmers started harvesting the largest-ever crop in the U.S., the world’s top grower, reducing costs for livestock producers and grain processors. Rains and...
View ArticleCargill's first-quarter profits off by 26 percent
MINNEAPOLIS -- Cargill's quarterly earnings dropped 26 percent over a year ago, as its grain and food ingredients businesses - two of its biggest operations - fell short on the profit front. The...
View ArticleCargill’s first-quarter profits off by 26 percent
MINNEAPOLIS • Cargill’s quarterly earnings dropped 26 percent over a year ago, as its grain and food ingredients businesses — two of its biggest operations — fell short on the profit front. The...
View ArticleTest Results From Captive Deer Herd with Chronic Wasting Disease Released...
(Source: Iowa Farm Bureau Federation) 10/2/2014 9:41:39 AM Dustin Vande Hoef, IDALS 79.8 percent of the deer tested positive for the disease The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship...
View ArticleCargill reports first-quarter fiscal 2015 earnings (Cargill Inc)
(Source: Cargill Inc) . Cargill reports first-quarter fiscal 2015 earnings MINNEAPOLIS, October 7, 2014 - Cargill today reported net earnings of $425 million in the fiscal 2015 first quarter ended Aug....
View ArticleProducers, Veterinarians Invited to Discuss the PED Virus and Other New...
(Source: Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture) Department of Agriculture View all News and Press 10/3/2014 Producers, Veterinarians Invited to Discuss the PED Virus and Other New Coronaviruses...
View ArticleMeat prices continue to climb for consumers
Consumers facing sticker shock at the supermarket for beef, pork and other meats should get ready to pay even more in 2014, according to food experts Estimates for the growth in retail prices for...
View ArticleCargill reports first-quarter fiscal 2015 earnings
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Cargill today reported net earnings of $425 million in the fiscal 2015 first quarter ended Aug. 31, down 26 percent from $571 million in the year-ago period....
View ArticleOIE confirms feed is not source of infection of porcine epidemic diarrhoea...
(Source: IFIF - International Feed Industry Federation) The OIE has confirmed that pig blood products such as dried plasma are not a likely source of PEDv provided that good manufacturing practices and...
View ArticleBeef, pork prices on long march higher
There is a new norm for meat prices: high. Beef and pork continue to fly in record-price territory as poultry and fish prices also are rising ahead of overall food inflation, according to the U.S....
View ArticleCorn Reaches 5-Year Low as USDA Sees Bigger Supply Than Forecast
Corn futures dropped to a five-year low after the U.S. government said inventories before the start of this year’s harvest were bigger than analysts forecast. Domestic stockpiles of corn on Sept. 1...
View ArticlePurdue ag economist: Pork supplies to increase faster than expected (Purdue...
(Source: Purdue University) October 2, 2014 WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A new federal report suggests that pork producers will be able to get more pork to consumers - and more quickly - than had been...
View ArticleDakotas state vets caution about pig virus spread
BISMARCK, N.D. -- State veterinarians in the Dakotas are stressing the need for people in the hog industry to take measures to guard against the spread of deadly pig viruses, after two new cases were...
View ArticleCargill Confronts Virus Blamed for Killing 8 Million Pigs
Cargill Inc. is working to prevent the return of a disease that has killed about 8 million U.S. pigs in a little over a year, or to minimize its effect as winter approaches. The fourth-largest U.S....
View ArticleFeed ingredient unlikely to spread killer pig virus, experts say
Published October 09, 2014Reuters Facebook0 Twitter0 Email Print (REUTERS/John Gress) The World Organization for Animal Health said on Wednesday that an animal-feed supplement suspected of spreading a...
View Article>Pig farms rebound from virus; meat prices may drop
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A virus that killed millions of baby pigs in the last year and led to higher pork prices has waned thanks to warmer weather and farmers' efforts to sterilize their operations....
View ArticlePig farms rebound from virus; meat prices may drop
Share PhotoReddit✉ FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2005 file photo, a group of young pigs stare out of a pen at a hog farm in central North Dakota. A virus that killed millions of baby pigs in the last year...
View ArticleHOG SUPPLIES RISE AS VIRUS WANES
A virus that killed millions of baby pigs in the last year and led to higher pork prices has waned thanks to warmer weather and farmers’ efforts to sterilize their operations. And as pigs’ numbers...
View ArticlePork Wounds Heal as Hog Farmers Gain From U.S. Corn Bust
Two years ago, Iowa farmer Bill Tentinger considered quitting the hog business he began in 1969 as surging grain costs led to losses. Now, profits are the highest ever, and he is about to boost output...
View ArticleU.S. forecasts 2015 pork output to top beef for first time in 62 yrs
CHICAGO Oct 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Friday raised its pork production forecast for the calendar year ending September 2015 that shows pork surpassing beef for the first time since 1952 as...
View ArticleUPDATE 1-Pig virus shrinks U.S. hog herd, but low-cost feed limits decline
* September 1 hog inventory at 8-year low * July-Aug herd expansion biggest in 6 years * Pigs per litter mend from winter PEDv spread * Report seen bearish for CME hogs on Monday (Adds analysts'...
View ArticlePig virus shrinks U.S. hog herd, but low-cost feed limits decline
Sept 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. hog herd continued to shrink during the June-August quarter as a deadly pig virus lingered on farms, but the decline was less than expected, a U.S. Department of...
View ArticleHog Futures Fall to Nine-Month Low as Supply Woes Ease
Hog prices slumped to a nine-month low as supply concerns eased and record-high costs for pork chops and bacon eroded prospects for demand. On the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, hog futures for December...
View ArticleFeed ingredient unlikely to spread killer pig virus: experts
CHICAGO/PARIS (Reuters) - The World Organization for Animal Health said on Wednesday that an animal-feed supplement suspected of spreading a deadly pig virus is not likely to transmit the disease if...
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