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Department of Agriculture's national hog report weighted average price Friday afternoon was shown at $72. Market analysts and meat distributors said buying interest from retailers for Independence Day holiday promotions and fill-in orders for the second half of June contributed to the strength in wholesale pork prices. In other news this week, the USDA reported pork export sales for April down from a year ago for a third consecutive month, which put the year-to-date figure slightly below a...

Anecdotal evidence from various second-tier Chinese cities such as Shantou, Xiamen and Bobai show that protests over local issues such as enforced family planning or abrupt changes to development plans have quickly attracted a gaggle of unrelated protesters and quickly turned serious. Anecdotal evidence from various second-tier Chinese cities such as Shantou, Xiamen and Bobai show that protests over local issues such as enforced family planning or abrupt changes to development plans have...

Montana Highway 200 was blocked off for part of the day, and residents within a 1,500-foot radius were evacuated until the danger of explosions passed. ButteLocal Development corp. will use $25,000 to assist a small processing facility to expand into hog processing, saving 11 jobs and creating 24. The Lincoln Volunteer Fire Department and other responding agencies were unable to immediately douse the fire because of explosive materials including paint, solvent, oil and fuel inside the...

The Georgian Agriculture Ministry says that measures taken by the authorities -- including isolating, disinfecting, and when necessary, killing pigs -- have successfully contained the outbreak. There is no vaccine for African swine fever, which is often fatal among pigs but does not affect humans. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization said on June 8 that the outbreak could have potentially catastrophic economic consequences, and asked neighboring Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Russia to be on...

The question is how high do we go before exports and demand won t handle added price strength? The market has told us not yet, according to recent strong export numbers. In a lot of ways this market may be closer to healthy trading, rather than just running up fast to price levels that stifle ethanol expansion, or which price us out of the export market. Frankly, this market has been in caution mode, which suggests traders fear a big crop rather than fearing the loss of bushels. This...