economics

The series of presentations now online at SwineCast.com/ConferenceConnection will be of value for your organization. From the the Minnesota Pork Congress facility management presentation to Eldon McAfee's presentation on Iowa Environmental Issues (which includes a great update on national and international concerns), these are a great crop of management and production information. Please make use of these resources.

We have had many inquiries in the past on presentations available. There are several years of presentations and conversations in the SwineCast.com archive. Just enter the topic of interest in the search box on the SwineCast home page and see what comes up. Or use the Browse Topics library to get started.

BTW - our purpose is to extended the sharing of industry information. If your organization or business is interested in joining us in this endeavor, drop me a line at NArthur@SwineCast.com.

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• From the recent Leman conference, keynote presentation featuring  Ms. Farha Aslam of Stephens, Inc.  How Wall Street views the protein markets and what it means in the greater picture for the industry future.
• Link to full video presentation here courtesy of the University of Minnesota.

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• Kansas State economist Ted Schroeder discusses a recent research release of the nation's wholesale voluntary pork price reporting system and whether improvements could be made.

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• Iowa State's Dr. Dermotte Hayes provided an excellent economic overview of the potential of the Chinese market for North American producers with an interesting, though perhaps not politically feasible, perspective on why China should stop building their domestic swine industry.

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• Conversation with Dr. Steve Meyers of Paragon Economics looking at positive returns being offered in the futures markets and his thoughts on lenders perspective of the industry today.

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• Economist Steve Meyer shares his thoughts on the Sioux City plant closing and potential for profits in this excerpt from his full video presentation to Iowa Pork Congress attendees available here.

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• Special Pork Board conference reviewing aspects of the December Hogs and Pigs report with additional comments market outlook and production issues

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• Informa Economics VP Dave Ryman hooks up with Bruce Cochrane for a good discussion of current economic issues across North America and his view of the timing for the eventual industry turning point.

SwineCast 0450 Show Notes:

• Iowa Governor joins with industry executives to ask government to step up with another pork purchase for food programs.  Audio from press conference.

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• AgStar's Mark Greenwood joins us for a look at the short-lived Producer Retirement Program and a need to look at the industry in a new light