economy

SwineCast 0318 Show Notes:

• Smithfield hooks up with COFCO Ltd of China
• NPPC CEO Neil Dierks reports on efforts in Washington to get action on producer economic pain
• Center for Food Integrity. Link to 2008 Summit info
  
• Meat quality research at Kansas State includes DDGs

Mark Greenwood
March 2008 

It is not getting any better – The losses are continuing in the swine industry. This past month feed prices kept going up while hog prices improved some but not near enough. Losses in the open market are still close to $40 a head and everyone keeps wondering when will it get better and what do prices have to get to before we start getting profitable? Well, the first thing we need to do is to somehow get supply reduced. The last cold storage report shows that we have an abundant supply of product. Even though exports have been very good we need to reduce supply to get any significant improvement in prices.

SwineCast 0272 Show Notes:

• Where's the beef?
  
• Sr Market Analyst with the George Morris Centre Kevin Grier reviews the big issues for Canadian producers
• How should you react to current macro-economic forces in the business world?
• Tom Weber with USDA looks at impact of high fiber rations on monogastrics

SwineCast 0202 Show Notes:

• Prairie Systems Feed Allocation System helps manage your nutrient flow.
• Alternative feedstuffs gaining ground outside the U.S.
• Dr. Gerald Shurson shares his thoughts on Ethanol impact.
• Canadians hoping new crop will ease pricing pressure.

SwineCast 0172b

• Author of "The World Is Flat" updates his writings in a discussion at MIT on this special episode of SwineCast. How technology has changed the social and economic situation world-wide.