Hogs The U.S. national live price average for barrows and gilts was US$43.92 per cwt. Sept. 21 up from $38.52 Sept. 14. U.S. hogs averaged $59.37 on a carcass basis Sept. 21, up from $50.59 Sept. 14. The U.S. pork cutout was $79.18 per cwt. Sept. 21, up from $76.02 Sept. 14. The estimated U.S. […] Read more
Bison
WP livestock report
WP livestock report
Hogs The U.S. national live price average for barrows and gilts was US$38.52 per cwt. Sept. 14 up from $29.88 Sept. 7. U.S. hogs averaged $50.59 on a carcass basis Sept. 14, up from $36.57 Sept. 7. The U.S. pork cutout was $76.02 per cwt. Sept. 14, up from $68.56 Sept. 7. The estimated U.S. […] Read more
WP livestock report
Hogs The U.S. national live price average for barrows and gilts was US$29.88 per hundredweight Sept. 7, up from $28.92 Aug. 31. U.S. hogs averaged $36.57 on a carcass basis Sept. 7, steady from $36.57 Aug. 31. The U.S. pork cutout was $68.56 per cwt. Sept. 7, up from $67.21 Aug. 31. The estimated U.S. […] Read more
WP livestock report
Hogs The U.S. national live price average for barrows and gilts was US$28.92 per hundredweight Aug. 31 down from $29.85 Aug. 24. U.S. hogs averaged $36.57on a carcass basis Aug. 31, down from $37.06 Aug. 24. The U.S. pork cutout was $67.21per cwt. Aug. 31, up from $64.18 Aug. 24. The estimated U.S. weekly slaughter […] Read more
WP livestock report
Hogs The U.S. national live price average for barrows and gilts was US$29.85 per hundredweight Aug. 24, down from $31.25 Aug. 17. U.S. hogs averaged $37.06 on a carcass basis Aug. 24, down from $40.52 Aug. 17. The U.S. pork cutout was $64.18 per cwt. Aug. 24, down from $66.77 Aug. 17. The estimated U.S. […] Read more
WP livestock report
Hogs The U.S. national live price average for barrows and gilts was US$31.25 per hundredweight Aug. 17, down from $36.49 Aug. 10. U.S. hogs averaged $40.52 on a carcass basis Aug. 17, down from $45.05 Aug. 10. The U.S. pork cutout was $66.77 per cwt. Aug. 17, down from $71.07 Aug. 10. The estimated U.S. […] Read more
WP livestock report
Hogs The U.S. national live price average for barrows and gilts was US$36.49 per cwt. Aug. 10, down from $43.72 Aug. 3. U.S. hogs averaged $45.05 on a carcass basis Aug. 10, down from $54.58 Aug. 3. The U.S. pork cutout was $71.07 per cwt. Aug. 10, down from $71.68 Aug. 3. The estimated U.S. […] Read more
WP livestock report
Hogs The U.S. national live price average for barrows and gilts was US$43.72 per cwt. Aug. 3, down from $49.43 July 27. U.S. hogs averaged $54.58 on a carcass basis Aug. 3, down from $62.50 July 27. The U.S. pork cutout was $71.68 per cwt. Aug. 3, down from $76.97 July 27. The estimated U.S. […] Read more
WP livestock report – August 2, 2018
HOGS The U.S. national live price average for barrows and gilts was US$49.43 per hundredweight July 27, down from $53.34 July 20. U.S. hogs averaged $62.50 on a carcass basis July 27, down from $76.61 July 20. The U.S. pork cutout was $76.97 per cwt. July 27, down from $85.52 July 20. The estimated U.S. […] Read more
Exclosure demonstrates value of grazing
A patch of grassland in Alberta that hasn’t been grazed for 30 years has less carbon and diversity than grazed prairie
LUNDBRECK, Alta. — A fragment of the 65,000-acre Waldron Grazing Co-operative has been fenced off for 30 years in an “exclosure” protected from grazing animals and man-made disturbance. Compared to the grassland just outside the wire, it has fewer plant species and long, weathered grass. Waldron manager Mike Roberts bent down to search through the […] Read more
