USDA’s quarterly Hogs and Pigs report will be released tomorrow, and the market expects the data will be in accordance with the department's long-term baseline.USDA’s quarterly Hogs and Pigs report will be released tomorrow, which will follow up on the December report that had a record inventory of all hogs and pigs in the U.S. as well as a record for pigs per litter. The market expects that the inventory of all hogs and pigs will be up from last year and that the breeding herd will also show an increase, while the pigs-per-litter number is anticipated to drop from last quarter on a seasonal basis but still remain high for the December-February quarter. This is in keeping with USDA’s long-term baseline trend that shows pork production up 8...
What You Need to Know Today: Chinese purchases of U.S. soybeans continued to accelerate, with USDA reporting another 558 KMT sold to China and 236 KMT to unknown destinations. Combined with sales announced Wednesday and Thursday, the latest purchases bring the three-day total to approximately...
As fall begins, wild migratory birds are starting their seasonal migration. That has the industry and government officials worried about the potential spread, again, of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). Some members of Congress have called for the United States to be prepared for a pote...
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