Indiana corn prices during the first three quarters of this year averaged $6.31 per bushel, with a September average of $5.36 per bushel. Since September prices have dropped sharply. The most recent ...

Feed costs for swine producers are expected to continue falling in the second half of this year, according to a recent study from Purdue University’s Center for Commercial Agriculture. Declining feed ...

“As you think about the breeding herd, you could argue we have one of the youngest and most productive sow herds we’ve ever had,” says Lee Schulz. Although there were no earth-shattering surprises in ...

Over the years, the swine industry has long been a source of farm income stability for many farmers and in many rural communities; however, in recent years, profitability in hog production has been ...

As of Dec. 1, there were 75 million hogs and pigs on United States farms, up slightly from December 2022 and down slightly from Sept. 1, 2023, according to the Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report recently ...

MITCHELL | Leland and Barb Meitner’s farrow to finishing operation has unique qualities not seen in most Mitchell County swine operations. The Meitners, who farm north of Mitchell, maintain a farrow ...