Pork industry nears profitability after historic losses, but inflationary pressures remain

A livestock economist says it’s taken more than a year and a half for pig farmers to get back to breakeven levels. Ever.Ag’s Lee Schulz says producers are still healing financially and forecast to earn up to $36 per head for lean hogs this year. “We got down to losses of about $200 per head […]

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Cash dairy prices steady Friday at the CME

*This updates a previous report from earlier. Cash dairy prices were mostly unchanged in light trading Friday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.  Dry whey was up

No CME cash dairy trading Friday

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange had limited trading activity Friday following the Christmas holiday, and cash dairy trading isn’t scheduled to resume