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Low-Quality Feed Puts Hogs Off

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Apoor-quality 2009 U. S. corn crop is putting hogs in the Midwest off their feed, slowing growth and contributing to higher pork prices for consumers. Average hog weights are down only slightly from a year ago. But producers and analysts say hogs are taking a longer time to reach market weight due to low-quality feed.
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Bumper U. S. Harvest Won’t Help Livestock

U. S. farmers are gearing up to harvest huge corn and soybean crops in the Midwest grain belt, but the bumper crops will not bring down the costs of food items made from them. Traditionally, livestock and dairy producers increase production when feed costs decrease. But banks may be reluctant to fund expansion efforts for
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Corn Moving West

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Pioneer Hi-Bred, one of the world’s leading corn seed companies, has opened a new research centre here aimed at making corn a mainstream crop in Western Canada. “We have a vision,” Pioneer Hi-Bred president Ian Grant said in an interview Aug. 6, before the grand opening of Pioneer’s Carman Research Centre. “Even if you could
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Slow U. S. Planting Could Tighten Corn Stocks Forecast

Planting delays in key areas of the U. S. corn belt this spring could lead to tight supplies of corn during the next year, forcing prices higher and further threatening profit margins at ethanol plants and livestock companies. The slow pace of corn planting east of the Mississippi River, including major production states such as
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Soy Estimate Surprises Analysts

The number of acres farmers will plant with corn and soybeans this spring was far from settled by a government report on March 31, with prices, weather and input costs over the next month set to play a big role. The surprisingly low U. S. Agriculture Department soybean plantings estimate sent soy prices soaring and
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Soggy Soils Delay Midwest Fieldwork

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Heavy rain throughout the U. S. Midwest agricultural belt last week caused some localized flooding as farmers begin their spring planting preparations, but few were worried about prolonged field work delays. Farmers in the heart of the corn belt do not normally start planting before April and this year’s rains have not been as heavy
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First Midwest snow complicates remaining harvest

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U. S. Midwest farmers who still have corn in their fields got a grim reminder last week that their harvest window was closing fast as the first snowfall of the season fell on parts of the western corn belt Nov. 7. Storms that dropped one to three inches of snow on parts of Iowa and
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Prices plunge for big U. S. corn, soy crops

U. S. farmers will reap two of their largest corn and soybean crops ever – 12.200 billion bushels of corn and 2.983 billion bushels of soybeans – but face sharply lower prices at the farm gate, the government said Oct. 10. The Agriculture Department cut its estimate of the season-average price for this year’s soybean

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