April 02, 2026
Margins Hold – Demand in Focus
"When we last wrote this column at the end of 2025, we emphasized the opportunity to protect a profitable 2026. At the time, open market margins for the following four quarters were sitting near the 97th percentile. Margins improved further in the interim, creating opportunities to scale into higher-margin coverage..."
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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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