Contract hog finishing has continued ... The producer gets the manure from finishing the pigs and that can be a valuable asset as fertilizer prices have climbed, Safranski says.

Weekly signature No. 5 base slaughter weight cash hog prices averaged $117.83 per 100 kg as of Friday, up by roughly $15 over the past two weeks. Those numbers are a stark departure from the previous ...

Contract hog finishing has continued to grow into a larger part of total U.S. pork production.

Chicago | Reuters—Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog prices ended up slightly on Friday as analysts said a seasonal drop in pork prices toward the end of summer looked less drastic than ...

Contract finishing accounted for 52% of the U.S. hog inventory in the latest USDA ... pigs and that can be a valuable asset as fertilizer prices have climbed, Safranski says.

Contract hog finishing has continued to grow into a larger part of total U.S. pork production. Iowa State University Extension Economist Lee Schulz says the latest USDA Hogs and Pigs report show the ...

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