June 30, 2025
Quiet Strength: Domestic Demand Buoys Hog Margins
"Conversations at the World Pork Expo earlier this month underscored key themes shaping the pork industry: disease threatening production, persistent tariff-related uncertainty affecting export demand, and attractive forward margins presenting opportunities for producers. While supply-side concerns often dominate headlines, it’s just as important to examine..."
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May 01, 2024
Opportunity Knocks: Pork Margin Outlook
Following nearly two years of below breakeven margins, the outlook for pork ...
Following nearly two years of below breakeven margins, the outlook for pork producers has improved in recent months. While the change in tide has felt long overdue for an industry that has been ...
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February 01, 2024
Livestock Price Insurance – the Do’s and the Don’ts
As we have written many times in this space, Livestock Risk Protection (LRP ...
As we have written many times in this space, Livestock Risk Protection (LRP Insurance) has become an integral part of many livestock producers’ risk management toolbox in recent years. The program ...
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November 03, 2023
Mandatory Price Reporting: Make it Essential
The risk of a government shutdown not only threatens the availability of important ...
The risk of a government shutdown not only threatens the availability of important market data, but also could endanger the viability of an important risk management tool to protect hog farmers. ...
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