U.S. and Canadian Hog Inventory Up 3 Percent
US - This publication is a result of a joint effort by Statistics Canada and NASS to release the total hogs, breeding, market hogs, sows farrowed, and pig crop for both countries within one publication. This information was requested by the U.S. hog...

Presenting the First Fresh Pork to Carry DNA TraceBack(R) Seal of Authenticity
US - Nature's Premium Brand, a leader in premium, all-natural fresh pork, is the first North American pork company to track DNA for reliable and accurate traceability back to the farm where the animals were raised. Nature's Premium will use IdentiGEN's...

CME: Canadian Hog Statistics - Some Highlights
US - CME's Daily Livestock Report for 19^th August 2008.

NBAF Would Protect Kansas Livestock
US - Manhattan and the state of Kansas have a tremendous opportunity to provide essential protection to the livestock industries that are so important to Kansas and the U.S through the NBAF, National Bio and Agro-defense Facility, proposal, writes Bob...

Hog Confinement Permits Denied
US - A citizen panel overturned state regulators in what its members referred to as a "landmark" decision to deny permits for two large Dallas County hog confinements.

Cargill Reports Q4 and Fiscal 2008 Earnings
US – Cargill reported earnings from continuing operations of $744 million in the 2008 fourth quarter ended May 31, up 18 percent from $628 million in the same period a year ago. A $310 million gain on the sale of discontinued operations brought fourth-quarter...

Weekly Roberts Report
US - Agricultural US Commodity Market Report by Mike Roberts, Commodity Marketing Agent, Virginia Tech.

CME: US and Canadian Hog Producers Whip-Sawed
US - CME's Daily Livestock Report for 18^th August 2008.

Pork and Soybean Checkoff: A Joint Success
US - The Pork Checkoff and Soybean Checkoff continue to partner on mutually beneficial research despite the challenges of high feed costs.

Ethanol Concerns Livestock and Poultry Producers
NEBRASKA - While for many, the glass was half-full after a U.S. Senate committee regarding the path of ethanol and renewable fuels, this was not the case for livestock and poultry producers.

How Lawmakers Address Water Pollution
US - Over the past 30 years, Oklahoma and Arkansas have engaged in three legal cases over the quality of water that flows from northwest Arkansas into northeast Oklahoma.

Weekly Outlook: Mixed Signals on Corn and Soybean
US - Corn and soybean prices have been very “jumpy” following the USDA’s August Crop Production report. Factors thought to be important for prices have provided very mixed signals for price direction.

US Riding High with Beef and Pork Exports
US - U.S. pork exports enjoyed a record-setting first half of 2008, while the value of U.S. beef exports has climbed closer to the pre-BSE highs achieved earlier in the decade, according to the latest export figures released by USDA.

CME: Pullback for Livestock Futures Contracts
US - CME's Daily Livestock Report for 15^th August 2008.

Figures Reveal How Livestock Benefit From Ethanol
US - When the U.S. Department of Agriculture came out with corn production numbers Tuesday that were revised upward to a bountiful 12.3 billion bushels, two areas of corn demand also saw an increase - the amount projected for ethanol use was increased...

National Swine Nutrition Guide
US - A project is currently underway to develop a National Swine Nutrition Guide. This effort is a collaboration among universities, agri-businesses, and the US Pork Center of Excellence, writes Dr Eric van Heugten in Swine News from North Carolina...

Market Preview: Demand-Driven Rally Tied to Exports
US - Weekly US Market Preview provided by Steve R. Meyer, Ph.D., Paragon Economics, Inc.

Weekly Review: Cereal Crop Estimates Good News
US - Weekly review of the US hog industry, written by Glenn Grimes and Ron Plain.

Good Performance for US Pork and Beef Exports
US - Pork exports enjoyed a record-setting first half of 2008, while the value of US beef exports has climbed closer to the pre-BSE highs achieved earlier in the decade, according to the latest export figures released by USDA and reported by US Meat Export...

CME: High Feed Costs Don't Translate
US - While US food companies may be struggling under the increasing burden of higher raw material prices, price rises have not yet been passed on to US consumers.