Pork Commentary

Jim Long Pork Commentary – September 18, 2023

September 18, 2023 4:10 am Published by Genesus

U.S. Hog Weights Significantly Lower Last week USDA estimate of U.S. slaughter weights has hogs at 277 lbs. average. The...

September 11, 2023 3:48 pm Published by Genesus

U.S. Red Meat Production Plummets Last week U.S. Weekly Red Meat Production was down 6.1%. A decline of 60 million...

September 4, 2023 2:32 pm Published by Genesus

U.S. Slaughter Weights Plummet Two weeks ago, we had a week of hot weather. The result Iowa – S. Minnesota...

August 28, 2023 8:05 am Published by Genesus

Random Observations on Pork Market Last week travels led us to southern Indiana. Last Tuesday feed mill we visited there...

August 24, 2023 8:17 am Published by Genesus

U.S. Crop Tour The few days we travelled through Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and Oklahoma. Our windshield assessment. In...

August 14, 2023 7:32 am Published by Genesus

2023 U.S. Corn Crop – 15.111 billion bushels Last week the USDA released their current estimate of this year’s U.S....

August 7, 2023 11:21 am Published by Genesus

U.S. Hog Industry – Dark before Dawn In our opinion U.S. herd liquidation is ongoing. The last two weeks U.S....

July 31, 2023 10:57 am Published by Genesus

Market Hog Prices Are Good but What is Future? It’s nice to see some profits currently in market hogs for...

July 24, 2023 9:24 am Published by Genesus

July U.S. Cattle Inventory Last Friday the USDA released its semi-annual cattle inventory. Beef is one of Pork’s major competitors....

July 10, 2023 10:39 am Published by Genesus

U.S. Hog Market Shows Resilience Last week the U.S. hog price reached over $1.00 lean and carcass cut-outs closed at...