Last Friday’s USDA Hogs and Pigs report caught many by surprise with both the magnitude of corrections to previous reports and the size of the current inventory. US producers reported a December 1, 2016 inventory of 65,410,000 pigs. This is … Continue reading →

This morning I’m working on a presentation to be delivered via webinar to pork producers in Taiwan later this week. Among the items the sponsors asked me to address was the issue of why North America and Europe producers have … Continue reading →

I just looked at my outdoor thermometer and it was registering -8F (-22C). This means supplemental heaters are operating in many swine facilities in the upper Midwest. I can also safely assume that many of these heaters are consuming more … Continue reading →