As I write this week’s comments, I am still basking in the glow of a Thanksgiving Day spent with family. Yesterday morning I began the holiday by attending church services. When I was on the faculty at the University of … Continue reading
I spent part of today working on a presentation I will be doing next month in Indianapolis. The topic is ‘The Next Generation of Production Systems’. As I worked on this topic, I thought about how the world of pork … Continue reading
This week I have had calls and conversations with producers from several locations in the Midwest regarding pits foaming thru the slats. While I’ve had an occasional call or conversation with a producer regarding the phenomenon in past years, the … Continue reading
Last week Statistics Canada released its estimates of the October 1 Canadian pig inventory. At the same time, USDA and Statistics Canada released a joint report estimating the combined inventories using the September 1, 2008 USDA estimates for US inventories. … Continue reading