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Midwest/Great Plains & Western Outlook Conference Indianapolis, August 2007. Pork Outlook. Ron Plain Professor of Agricultural Economics University of Missouri-Columbia http://web.missouri.edu/~plainr/.
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Midwest/Great Plains & Western Outlook Conference Indianapolis, August 2007 Pork Outlook Ron Plain Professor of Agricultural Economics University of Missouri-Columbia http://web.missouri.edu/~plainr/
Production efficiencyHog cycleSeasonalityCost of productionInternational tradeSlaughter capacityDemand Long Run Factors
Annual U.S. Pork Production Per Sow, 1930-2006 1930-80 growth rate: 2.027% 1980-06 growth rate 2.793%
Annual U.S. Pork Production Per Sow, 1930-2006 1930-80 growth rate: 2.027% 1980-06 growth rate 2.793%
Average Annual Productivity Growth 1930-801980-06 Pigs/litter + 0.37% + 0.89% Litters/sow/year + 0.49% + 1.06% Pigs/sow/year + 0.87% + 1.96% Dom slght/pig weaned + 0.53% - 0.12% Dom slght/sow/year + 1.40% + 1.84% Slaughter weight + 0.62% + 0.62% Dom pork prod/sow/year + 2.02% + 2.47% Net hog trade impact + 0.01% + 0.32% Pork prod/sow/year + 2.03% + 2.79%
Hog Price FlexibilityQuarterly Data 1970-2007 % ch T Mkt B&G price / % ch com hog slt In 8 of last 15 quarters, price & slaughter moved in the same direction
Daily Pork Production 1970s +30% 1980s +24% 1990s +20% 2000- 6 +18% Barrow & Gilt Prices 1970s -11% 1980s -13% 1990s -20% 2000- 6 -18% July to November Changes
Cost of Slaughter Hog ProductionIowa State University Calculations, 1987-2007 Source: John Lawrence, Iowa State University
Ethanol Capacity Growth Source: Renewable Fuel Association website http://www.ethanolrfa.org/industry/statistics/#B
Corn Milled for Ethanol Forecast % corn for ethanol: 2000-01: 6% 2005-06: 14% 2006-07: 20% 2007-08: 26%
Iowa Farrow to Finish Profits, 1994-2006 35 consecutive months of profit, longest of record Source: John Lawrence, Iowa State University
Pork Trade Overview The steady decrease in US pork imports and increase in pork exports has caused per capita US pork consumption to decline. Thus, hog producers were able to enjoy three consecutive years with record hog slaughter and profitable prices.
U.S. Pork Imports & Exports, 2000-2007 14.3% of 2006 U.S. pork production was exported
U.S. Pork Exports, Jan-May 2007 Change from year ago Country 000 lbs Percent Japan + 48,697 + 11.5% Mexico - 79,081 - 29.1% Canada + 3,186 + 2.5% S. Korea + 4,049 + 3.1% Russia - 23,402 - 23.2% China & HK + 30,123 + 45.5% Taiwan - 13,651 - 41.2% TOTAL - 37,029 - 2.9%
China Pork Trade China is reported to be buying 70,000 MT of U.S. pork to help ease a run up in domestic pork prices (up 67.7% in June) caused by a pork shortage due to high feed prices and blue ear disease. In perspective, 70,000 MT* equals: 94% of 2006 China/HK imports of U.S. pork 5.1% of 2006 U.S. pork exports 0.73% of 2006 U.S. pork production * carcass weight equivalent
Fall Price Decline Aug-OctOct-DecAug-Dec 10 yr average -$6.82 - $4.63 -$11.45 10 yr minimum -$3.09 +$2.51 -$ 1.16 Futures -$2.62 - $1.35 -$ 3.97
Growth in U.S.-Canadian Pig Crop1995-2005 (million head) During the past decade, 74% of the increase in U.S.-Canadian pig production took place in Canada. Source: USDA/FAS