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Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Philippine hog weekly: Farmgate hog prices remain upbeat as 2013 ushers in (week ended Jan 1, 2012)
Meanwhile, the farm sector sustained over PHP124 million (US$3.03 million) in damage from the storm Quinta (international name Wukong). The Department of Agriculture reported damage of PHP124.22 million worth of crops and PHP11,500 (US$281. ...
Friday, December 21, 2012
Philippine hog weekly: Christmas mood firms up farmgate hog prices (week ended Dec 19, 2012)
Observers say prices will still likely go up early next week as consumers are expected to purchase fresh pork for the Noche Buena (Christmas Eve) and Christmas day. Pork producers are also seen to jack up prices of the live animals before t ...
Monday, December 17, 2012
Philippine hog weekly: Farmgate hog prices soar a week before Christmas (week ended Dec 10, 2012)
Lechon or roast pig is the leading dish made from fresh pork and one of the main factors for the rise of farmgate hog prices. Another reason is the abundance of small-scale producers manufacturing specialty meats such as embotido. Observers ...
Friday, November 30, 2012
Philippine hog weekly: Farmgate hog prices maintain uptrend (week ended Nov 28, 2012)
Local hog and poultry raisers cried foul over the decision of granting more incentives to Thai firm CP. CP has already established its aqua feed, hog and poultry farms in some provinces. One of Thailand's conglomerates, CP will set up addit ...
Thursday, November 15, 2012
China Live Hog Weekly: Delivery delays lift hog prices in north China (week ended Nov 14, 2012)
Stable hog supplies continued to weigh down prices in southern parts of China. However, in the north, snowstorms and heavy rains hampered the deliveries of hogs, resulting in stronger prices. Meanwhile, overall pork carcass sales continued ...
Friday, October 26, 2012
Philippine hog weekly: Surging holiday demand lifts farmgate hog prices (week ended Oct 24, 2012)
Meanwhile, pork producers are worrying about the rising costs of corn and other feed ingredients, which they fear would impact the production in the first quarter of 2013. The US drought has jacked up prices of imported feed ingredients suc ...
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Philippine hog weekly: Farmgate hog prices continue to fall over weak demand (week ended Oct 17, 2012)
Hog producers are wary of the influx of imported meat, most of which are smuggled. The illegal activity flourishes as the Christmas season approaches. Although frozen Peking ducks have been banned due to bird flu in China, these are often s ...
Friday, October 12, 2012
Philippine hog weekly: Philippine farmgate hog prices continue to weaken (week ended Oct 10, 2012)
Meanwhile, local hog raisers assure stable supply of pork in December but warned of a spike in the product's prices due to rising costs of feeds. The Pork Producers Federation of the Philippines said there is ample supply of pork until the ...
Monday, October 8, 2012
Philippine hog weekly: Bumper corn harvest stabilises farmgate hog prices (week ended Oct 2, 2012)
The Department of Agriculture has assured stable pork prices in December due to anticipated record corn production this year. The agency says there will be adequate corn for livestock producers amid rising soy and wheat prices in the intern ...
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Philippine Feed Weekly: Feed prices stable amid weak farmgate hog prices (week ended Sep 19, 2012)
Meanwhile the government is still supporting the use of genetically-modified corn for feed consumption amid protests. According to the Department of Agriculture (DA), transgenic corn is a safer pest resistant which makes it non-dangerous fo ...
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Philippine hog weekly: Farmgate hog prices remain unchanged (week ended Sep 26, 2012)
The Philippine Bureau of Customs has assured local hog and poultry raisers ofcontaining the alleged smuggling of cheap, imported meat into the country. The agency recently held a tour for livestock farmers of its new facilitation procedures ...
Monday, September 24, 2012
Philippine hog weekly: Farmgate hog prices continue to drop (week ended Sep 18, 2012)
Pork producers are again preparing to launch another action to urge the government to guard against the deluge of smuggled meat. The group said they will be more aggressive in its campaign against smuggling particularly in the last four mon ...
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Philippine hog weekly: Farmgate hog prices remain firm (week ended Sept 5, 2012)
The Bureau of Customs has suspended top meat importers for not complying with the agency's requirements. BOC commissioner Ruffy Biazon said these importers have violated importation laws of meat and other agricultural products through techn ...
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Philippine hog weekly: Farmgate hog prices continue to dip (week ended Aug 29, 2012)
Pork producers may expect sufficient corn supply next year as the Department of Agriculture is projecting a sufficiency level of 101% at 8.4 million tonnes with a surplus of 149,000 tonnes. This should bring good news to hog farmers as adeq ...
Thursday, August 30, 2012
China Piglet Weekly: Piglet demand stays soft despite hog prices (week ended Aug 29, 2012)
Even though hog prices increased 5% over the past three weeks, hog producers were still hesitant about expanding inventories. As small farms which do not produce own piglets were still incurring losses, most of them chose to keep pig pens e ...

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