October 16, 2025
Favorable Pork Outlook Continues
Pork producer profitability continues to hold firm, buoyed by strong domestic demand and a general reluctance from producers to aggressively expand production. With cooler weather, modestly higher hog slaughter, and improving herd health, the tight supply environment that’s persisted since early summer could potentially ease.
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June 03, 2024
Understanding Option Volatility and Price Implications
Most option traders understand how the premium is impacted by the direction ...
Most option traders understand how the premium is impacted by the direction of the underlying futures market. Because puts allow owners to protect lower prices, the value of the put increases ...
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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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