Hog
UNIVERSITY PARK - The
September Hogs and Pigs Report
indicates hog producers will soon
be expanding hog production
despite the lack of profits during
the past two years, says H. Louis
Moore, Penn State Extension
agricultural economist.
Producers in the 14 states con
ducting quarterly surveys on
September 1 had 5 percent fewer
hogs on farms than a year ago
Back in June these producers
expected to cut 8 percent by
September 1.
“The major factor contributing
to producer optimism in hogs is the
development of what is going to be
a bumper corn crop,” says Moore
Martin wins in honey show
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ot Weaver Martin, K 2, Paradise,
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The amber entry was tops
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producers respond to cheap feed
"The price of corn has dropped
about 20 percent since early June
Producers feel it will be less ex
pensive to teed hogs in the months
ahead with little chance of d major
recovery in corn prices. ’ ’
Moore adds that producers have
analyzed the situation and feel it
will be more profitable feeding
their corn to rather than
selling com at depressed prices.
Since June, there were im
portant developments which made
producers more inclined to slow
the cutback in production Hog
prices improved from June 1 and
are currently over $5O at Penn
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million head m the 14 states was
down 5 percent from last Sep
tember but just 3 months ago
producers intended to have a 12
percent smaller breeding herd on
September 1 lowa, the leading hog
state, had 2 percent more hogs on
inventory in September but had 8
percent more breeding hogs
The cutback in hog production
had definitely slowed in the last 3
months Marketings in the
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remainder ot 1981 will be 7 to 8
percent below a year ago and
prices should hold near current
levels But the prospects for ad
ditional supplies after the first of
the year will dampen the price
prospects lor the first hall of 1982
Pennsylvania hog industry was
last surveyed in June. At that time
producers planned a 15 percent cut
in farm wings in the June-
November period. It Pennsylvania
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Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, November 7,1981—835
follows the lead of the 14 survey
states the cuts have been sharply
i educed The next national hog
survey will be conducted on
December 1
Moot e says that Pennsylvania is
not included in quarterly survey
because when the survey was set
up the state was not among the top
14 producers Pennsylvania now
has more hogs then Texas the
lowest producer in the survey