Editor's Picks
Tag: PEDv
Livestock: Pork Industry Continues to Adjust from PED Jun 1, 2015
Listen to MP3 podcast The pork industry continues to adjust from the supply shock created by the PED virus last year. Live prices peaked in the summer of 2014 as […]
Keith Good: Pork Prices Drop as Hog Herd Recovers from PEDv Outbreak Jan 27, 2015
Economic Matters Kelsey Gee reported yesterday at The Wall Street Journal Online that, “Bacon lovers breathe easy: the hog shortage that sent prices to new highs is over. “In the futures […]
Keith Good: Frigid Weather Poses Test for Transportation Network Jan 9, 2015
Policy Issues Reuters writer Karl Plume reported earlier this week that, “Armed with lessons learned from last year’s polar vortex, the U.S. transportation and shipping network faces its first big test of the […]
Livestock: New PEDv Strain in Minnesota Not a Concern, Say Scientists- DTN Jan 8, 2015
A new strain of the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, or PED, was recently identified in a Minnesota herd, but the news shouldn’t alarm pork producers, scientists told DTN. That’s because […]
Keith Good: Ag Equipment, Supply Companies May Feel Pinch in 2015 Jan 6, 2015
Economic Matters Jesse Newman and Bob Tita reported in today’s Wall Street Journal that, “Many U.S. farmers are expected to tighten their belts further in 2015 as they contend with another year of lower grain and […]
Livestock: More Pork is On the Way Jan 5, 2015
Pork producers are gearing up to provide their customers with what they want and that is “More Pork” and “More Bacon.” The nation’s hog producers have expanded the breeding herd […]
DTN’s Top Ag Stories: Record-Breaking Year for Livestock Records Dec 30, 2014
If you’ve ever questioned the proverbial wisdom “A rising tide lifts all boats,” the amazing livestock market of 2014 may serve as definitive evidence in the elimination of all doubt. […]
Keith Good: U.S. Hay Exports to China Take Hit from GMO Crops Ban Dec 15, 2014
Biotech Jesse Newman reported in today’s Wall Street Journal that, “China’s tough new stance on imports of genetically modified crops is shaking up a little-noticed U.S. industry: hay. “Over the summer China began testing […]
Keith Good: Hog Futures Erase Gains for Year as U.S. Herd Expands Dec 9, 2014
Economic News Bloomberg writer Megan Durisin reported yesterday that, “The 2014 rally in hog prices is over as concerns over a deadly pig virus give way to an expanding supply of the […]
Livestock: 6 Tips to Fight PEDv This Fall Nov 25, 2014
It looks like PEDv may be here to stay in the U.S. Our job now has become how to live with this disease and do what we can to prevent […]
