With both the USDA planting intentions report and the quarterly Hogs and Pigs report released today, an active day for those who follow markets and try and estimate impacts. The corn market responded to the report by ending limit up … Continue reading
This past week I attended the Midwest Section of the American Society of Animal Sciences annual meeting in Des Moines. This meeting is the largest gathering of swine nutritionists in the country. For 2.5 days we heard presentations from a … Continue reading
At the American Association of Swine Veterinarians meeting, Dr Tom Stein presented data on ‘normal’ pig performance based on the closeouts of production systems using the MetaFarms data system. This data represents groups of growing pigs that were closed out … Continue reading
It’s Sunday morning as I write this weeks blog from a hotel room in Denver, CO. I at the American Association of Swine Veterinarians annual meeting. Next week is the Midwest Section of the American Society of Animal Scientists meeting … Continue reading
This past week the Chinese government banned Chinese athletes preparing for the London Summer Olympics from eating meat. At first glance this appears to be negative publicity for animal protein producers around the world. However, if you dig deeper into … Continue reading