The quarterly Hogs and Pigs report comes out one week from today. It is a much- anticipated report. Feed costs, porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), Proposition 12 in California, and international trade are all factors with influence on the market that making it particularly interesting. As we reported last week, California Proposition 12 regulation on sow housing goes into effect on 1 January 2022, though it won’t be fully enforced until the second half of the year. How, or in fact, are producers preparing for compliance? New farrowing barns are expensive and in practicality take a couple of years from planning, to permit, to construction, to production. That means reducing sow inventory is the short-term strategy t...

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