In recent years, increasing attention has been given to the use of increased soybean meal levels in swine diets. Part of this interest has been driven by changes in the soybean industry, especially ...
Livestock farmers benefit from low corn and soybean prices reducing feed costs and boosting margins. Storing cheap feed is helpful for when prices rise.
Separated into different pens, the hogs at Scandia Valley Farms may seem like any other small farm hog operation. What may ...
Most producers do not get into trouble because hog prices collapse overnight. More often, margins tighten when input costs rise faster than expected.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - An increase in lean hog prices and a decrease in feed costs have combined to reduce the drought's effect on the pork industry, a Purdue Extension agricultural economist says.