The June 1 population of heavyweight hogs (180 pounds and over) at 1% over year-ago essentially equaled recent slaughter differences and pre-report estimates. The number of hogs weighing 120-179 ...

Tuesday’s federally inspected hog slaughter from USDA was estimated at 488,000 head, taking the weekly total to 974,000 head. That is up 133,000 head from the previous week and 19,329 head above ...

Also, seasonal factors suggest declining daily hog slaughter levels in the coming weeks, which is bullish on the supply side of the equation for the hog market. Furthermore, retailers have been ...

Good Luck at the Hog Slaughter is suggestive, confrontational and clingy. Once a phrase used to usher a friend through an old family ritual, the saying "good luck at the hog slaughter" stuck to ...

The ham primal was the only reported lower. USDA’s federally inspected hog slaughter was estimated at 488,000 head on Thursday, with the week to date total at 1.951 million head. That is up ...

Hog slaughter was estimated at 2.223 million head, down 376,000 head from the previous week and down 31,000 head from last year. Pork packer capacity utilization was estimated at 82.7% compared to ...

This summer, Richert and Schinckel conducted the first independent research trials that looked at how well Paylean works in leaner hog lines. Their previous research trial found that during the last ...