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December 2021
As we enter the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus is still in control of the economy. However,...
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and lean hog futures fell on Friday as sluggish slaughter rates continue to drag on prices, traders said.
"They're both...
Margins strengthened over the second half of December as higher hog prices more than offset the impact from rising feed costs. USDA’s Quarterly Hogs...
"Charting is a little like surfing. You don't have to know a lot about the physics of tides, resonance, and fluid dynamics in order...
Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock futures climbed on Wednesday, as cash cattle prices firmed on concerns around meat supplies to meet anticipated demand going into...
The USDA says the total number of hogs and pigs in the U.S. on December 1st, 2021 was 74.201 million head, down 4% from...
Reuters writer Tom Polansek reported last week that, “Seaboard Foods, the nation’s second-biggest pig producer, said on Friday it will limit sales of certain...
The Editors' Pick series is a collection of some of the best-read Charts of Note from 2021. USDA, Economic Research Service (ERS) editors selected...
"Charting is a little like surfing. You don't have to know a lot about the physics of tides, resonance, and fluid dynamics in order...
Source: USDA news release
The Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook for December 2021 analyzes economic impacts on animal product markets of month-to-month changes in USDA's...