Hogs The U.S. national live price average for barrows and gilts was $37.18 Sept. 4, up from $34.68 Aug. 28. U.S. hogs averaged $45.89 on a carcass basis Sept. 4, up from $42.89 Aug. 28. The U.S. pork cutout was $80.56 per hundredweight Sept. 4, up from $71.39 Aug. 28. The estimated U.S. weekly slaughter […] Read more
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WP livestock report
WP livestock report
Hogs The U.S. national live price average for barrows and gilts was $34.68 on Aug 28, up from $32.66 on Aug 21. U.S. hogs averaged $42.89 on a carcass basis Aug 28, up from $40.20 Aug 21. The U.S. pork cutout was $71.39 per hundredweight Aug 28, down from $73.51 Aug 21. The estimated U.S. […] Read more
WP livestock report
Hogs The U.S. national live price average for barrows and gilts was $32.66 Aug 21, down from $34.15 Aug 14. U.S. hogs averaged $40.20 on a carcass basis Aug 21, up from $37.60 Aug 14. The U.S. pork cutout was $73.51 per hundredweight Aug 21, down from $74.93 Aug 14. The estimated U.S. weekly slaughter […] Read more
WP livestock report
Hogs The U.S. national live price average for barrows and gilts was $34.15 on Aug 14, up from $29.87 on July 24. U.S. hogs averaged $37.60 on a carcass basis Aug 14, down from $38.11 Aug 7. The U.S. pork cutout was $74.93 per hundred weight Aug 14, up from $71.93 Aug 7. The estimated […] Read more
WP livestock report
Hogs The U.S. national live price average for barrows and gilts was $29.87 on July 24. U.S. hogs averaged $38.11 on a carcass basis Aug 7, down from $40.97 July 31. The U.S. pork cutout was $71.93 per hundred weight Aug. 7, up from $65.31 July 31. The estimated U.S. weekly slaughter to Aug. 8 […] Read more
Manitoba yarn business starts with the sheep
On the Farm: Anna Hunter and Luke Palka moved to the country so they didn’t have to raise their children in the city
Anna Hunter admits that she and husband Luke Palka were novices in agriculture when they bought their 140-acre property in Ste. Genevieve, Man., five years ago. Located near the edge of Manitoba’s boreal plains, the land is a diverse mix of poplar, spruce and pine trees, open pastureland and wetland containing a creek. A variety […] Read moreWP livestock report – August 6, 2020
HOGS The U.S. national live price average for barrows and gilts was $29.87 on July 24. U.S. hogs averaged $40.97 on a carcass basis July 31, up from $37.87 July 24. The U.S. pork cutout was $65.31 per hundredweight July 31, down from $72.68 July 24. The estimated U.S. weekly slaughter to Aug. 1 was […] Read more
Ranchers, conservationists share common aim
Beef production and grassland conservation have similar objectives, according to Ducks Unlimited. “It’s very rare that you actually hear the terms of cattle and conservation together in the same conversation and the same context,” Emily Lowe, a regional beef agrologist based in Turner Valley, Alta., said about the non-profit organization. “A lot of these claims […] Read more
WP livestock report – July 30, 2020
HOGS The U.S. national live price average for barrows and gilts was $29.87 July 24, up from $26.86 on July 17. U.S. hogs averaged $37.87 on a carcass basis July 24, up from $31.55 July 17. The U.S. pork cutout was $72.68 per cwt. July 24, up from $71.19 July 17. The estimated U.S. weekly […] Read more
WP livestock report
Hogs The U.S. national live price average for barrows and gilts was $26.86 July 17, up from $22.89 July 10. U.S. hogs averaged $31.55 on a carcass basis July 17, up from $29.99 July 10. The U.S. pork cutout was $71.19 per cwt. July 17, up from $68.95 July 10. The estimated U.S. weekly slaughter […] Read more
