The doubts remain: Karpov or Plato?
Which of the two views is more appropriate for understanding the ins and outs of the global pig market?
Bellies save their Bacon
There was a time when pig price was determined by seasonal patterns and total production… Now the belly price is driving the carcass price in the United States.
Spanish pig price: Unstable balance or recurring shivers
Every week a new price is set that reflects a momentary and unstable but necessary and essential balance.
Your slaughterhouse is determining your future
Being a high performing farm is not a sufficient condition to future success.
Following the steps of 2015 or how to get ready for the worst
Europe has a surplus and needs to export. The USA has increased its production and needs to export. The Russian market is closed for Brazil, and Brazil needs to export…
Losses have arrived but the fundamentals will bring the panic stricken back to reality
The impact of Chinese tariffs on US pork, the pork exports picture, feed costs forecast and more...
Easter truce
Let’s hope that spring makes consumption grow. The foreign markets hesitate, and it will not be easy to sell the European surpluses.
2018 price expectation cut in half, new patterns-new interpretations
Total forecasted average profitability for the year has eroded some, from about $25/head to around $12/head in the US.
