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Tag: hog industry
Livestock: Biosecurity, Pig Health in Focus to Combat African Swine Fever Aug 6, 2021
Bloomberg News reported this week that, “China is taking hog biosecurity to new levels — 13 stories in fact. That’s the height of a building in southern China where more than 10,000 […]
Keeping African Swine Fever at Bay – DTN Oct 7, 2020
The pork industry in the United States is getting ready to release a volunteer “contract tracing” program for hogs that the industry hopes would stave off an export and supply […]
Livestock: Many Market Ready Hogs with Industry Contraction to Follow Sep 30, 2020
The USDA’s September Hogs and Pigs report places the September 1 inventory of all hogs and pigs at 79.1 million head, a record for this quarter, up just 0.7% from last year […]
Livestock: Hog Industry Faces Financial Disaster – DTN Jul 21, 2020
Hog producers currently are holding on to about 1.1 million animals that should have been slaughtered already. The number could grow to about 1.6 million by the end of August […]
