Pork sales reach marketing-year high

Brian Hoops
Jul 9, 2024
Jul 9, 2024

Pigs — A.I. is used almost exclusively in the hog industry to make genetic changes.
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Corn closed the week 31.75 cents lower. Private exporters announced sale of 3.9 million bushels to Columbia.

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Brian Hoops is president and senior market analyst of Midwest Market Solutions Inc. The home office is in Springfield, Mo., with branch offices in Thief River Falls, Minn.; Verona, N.D.; Yankton, S.D.; Storm Lake, Iowa; and Springfield, Neb.