Hog Farmers Ride the Surge in Demand
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Benefited from protein-rich diets and being marketed as a cheaper alternative for steaks and roasts, pork is making a comeback.
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Rising prices are causing Chinese companies to raise prices for exports, particularly on one critical commodity: pork.
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Smithfield Foods Inc. SFD.N, the  largest U.S. pork producer, on Tuesday posted a 61 percent rise  in quarterly earnings due to strong hog prices and the purchase  of Farmland Foods last year.
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By MARTYN McLAUGHLIN  SCOTLAND's farming industry registered a GBP100m increase in earnings over the last year, according to the latest estimates of the sector's financial health.
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Smithfield Foods Inc. (SFD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the largest US pork producer, on Tuesday posted a 61 percent rise in quarterly earnings due to strong hog prices and the purchase of Farmland Foods last year.
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Gordon Wassenaar has his eye  on a $300,000 combine harvester to replace the 1990 model he  repairs each winter in the workshop on his farm. And he just  bought more land to add to his 1,600-acre spread.
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Tree rustlers are striking across the country, probably prompted by the rise in timber value and the increase in worldwide demand for American hardwood.
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Smithfield Foods Inc. (SFD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the largest US hog and pork producer, on Tuesday reported higher fiscal second-quarter profit due to strong hog prices and the acquisition last year of Farmland Foods.
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Smithfield Foods Inc., the world&#39;s largest hog producer, said profit in the fiscal first quarter more than doubled as livestock prices and pork demand surged.
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With big tractors, big sales, and big earnings, Deere's hoeing a profitable row.
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By Larry Carson, The Baltimore Sun  Jun. 3--After going without any takers for five years, Howard County's agricultural preservation program has succeeded in enticing three farmers to participate by doubling the maximum per-acre price.
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SMITHFIELD, Va. Meat processor Smithfield Foods says its income more than doubled in the most recent quarter. The company cites improved profitability in the hog production segment, combined with strong results
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Stepped-up border enforcement has exacerbated a labor shortage for the agriculture industry.
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SMITHFIELD, Va. Smithfield Foods Incorporated today forecast significantly higher earnings in the second quarter because of a 30 percent increase in live hog prices and improved pork processing margins in October.
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China's worries about soaring pork prices have reached new heights in a southwestern town where a man has been raising three squealing pigs in his apartment, local media reported.
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Wholesale costs -- catapulted by more expensive energy and food -- soared last month by the largest amount in more than 14 years. With inflation at the producer level accelerating sharply after months of being
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Strong pork sales drive Smithfield Foods' big quarter.