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Mandatory Price Reporting: Make it Essential

The risk of a government shutdown not only threatens the availability of important market data, but also could endanger the viability of an important risk… Read more »

Optimize the Benefits of LRP and LGM:

Hog producers who are evaluating forward price or margin coverage have many different risk management tools to help address their varied market exposures. In addition…

Weathering the Storm: 

Much has been written about the negative outlook for the swine industry and the extremely depressed returns producers are currently experiencing.  By some measures, this…

Forward Margin Opportunities

As we begin the new year, a lot of uncertainty remains following a tumultuous 2022, but there are reasons to be hopeful and optimistic. While… Read more »

Spooky Markets and Volatile Margins:

Halloween is a time of year when both kids and adults alike have fun being spooked but the hog market price action over the past… Read more »

What Could Go Wrong? Maintaining Discipline Amid Market Uncertainty.

As we work through the dog days of summer, there seems to be no shortage of optimism among many hog market participants. Much of this… Read more »

Improved Livestock Insurance: A Critical Component of the Margin Management Toolbox

For many of us involved in the pork industry, the turn of the calendar to June means World Pork Expo is once again upon us…. Read more »

The Impact of Feed Costs on Hog Margins

Hog margins have steadily improved since the beginning of the year. Futures markets are projecting the highest forward-looking hog margins for a model operation since… Read more »

Keep Vigilant for Margin Opportunities

The outlook for forward hog margins is less optimistic than it was even a month ago following the release of the USDA’s September Hogs &… Read more »