Data from Pork Checkoff Marketline
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Data from Pork Checkoff Marketline November 6, 2014 Thursday
Hog Outlook
Ron Plain and Scott Brown
University of Missouri
October 31, 2014
USDA’s Foreign Ag Service released 2015 projections for global meat production and trade a couple of weeks ago. Projections show an increase in world pork production of 1.1% next year, compared to a 1.4% decline for beef production and 1.5% growth for chicken. China and the European Union continue as the world’s top two pork producers, with the U.S. number three. Projected growth of 5.1% for the U.S. in 2015 trails only that of Russia (6.4%) among major producers. China and to a lesser extent Mexico and South Korea are expected to increase pork imports next year, while Brazil, the U.S. and the EU see the largest jump in projected exports.
Meet Dale Miller: Membership and Outreach Coordinator
Dale Miller, former longtime editor of the National Hog Farmer, Magazine has joined the Minnesota Pork Producers Association as the Membership and Outreach Coordinator. Miller retired from the National Hog Farmer this summer and we are glad to have him as a part of our team. He has a wealth of knowledge about pork production and the people that make it happen every day. He also has the skills to listen to pork producers concerns. Miller’s duties include:
- Developing and implementing a communication and outreach program
- Communicate Checkoff funded programs to producers
- Listen to the concerns and communicate the work that MPPA/NPPC is doing on pork producers behalf
- Communicate the benefits of membership and participation in the Strategic Investment Program to pork producers
Email: Dale@mnpork.com
Cell: (651) 895-4342
Commentary: Playing Chicken with Pork
By Rick Berman | Updated: 02/28/2013
Rick Berman is the Executive Director of the Center for Consumer Freedom, a nonprofit coalition supported by restaurants, food companies and consumers to promote personal responsibility and protect consumer choices. Visit HumaneWatch.org to learn more.
There’s a lot of concern among pork producers about what’s going on with retailers and restaurants. A handful, including brands like McDonald’s, have made demands that their suppliers have a supply chain free of gestation stalls in the next decade.
Demand generally drives supply, but here’s a situation in which the vast majority of supply producers don’t have an interest in responding. Supply, in other words, is at odds with demand.
Essentially, producers and retailers are playing chicken. So who will flinch?
If the pork industry stands together, it will prevail. There are several reasons. Read more
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