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  2. Lean Hog - Wikipedia

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    Lean Hog is a type of hog futures contract that can be used to hedge and to speculate on pork prices in the US. Lean Hog futures and options are traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), which introduced Lean Hog futures contracts in 1966. [ 1 ]

  3. Food prices are on the rise again. What’s behind the increase

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    The USDA in December further revised down US egg supply estimates and raised price forecasts for 2025. Beef (+5% annually): US cattle inventory is at the lowest level in more than 70 years ...

  4. Fat free lean index - Wikipedia

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    In 1990, approximately 25 percent of U.S. market hogs were purchased on a carcass merit system that differentiated price based on lean content. The differentials varied, and there was a scarcity of data to indicate whether the price spread was sufficient between good and poor quality pigs.

  5. World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates - Wikipedia

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    Subsequent such reports appeared irregularly, and evolved by the 1960s into commodity-oriented circulars published at regular intervals by USDA agencies. The first direct predecessor of the WASDE report was released on September 17, 1973, as the Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates . [ 8 ]

  6. Pork cycle - Wikipedia

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    In economics, the term pork cycle, hog cycle, or cattle cycle [1] describes the phenomenon of cyclical fluctuations of supply and prices in livestock markets. It was first observed in 1925 in pig markets in the US by Mordecai Ezekiel and in Europe in 1927 by the German scholar Arthur Hanau [ de ] .

  7. Agricultural Marketing Service - Wikipedia

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    Established in 1939 by Agriculture Secretary Henry A. Wallace (later Vice President) through the merging and consolidation of various United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) bureaus and programs, the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) was tasked with facilitating fair and efficient marketing of American agricultural products, including food, fiber, and specialty crops both ...

  8. Posted county price - Wikipedia

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    The Posted county price (PCP) is calculated for the so-called loan commodities (except for rice and cotton) for each county by the Farm Service Agency in the United States. The PCP reflects changes in prices in major terminal grain markets (of which there are 18 in the United States), corrected for the cost of transporting grain from the county ...

  9. 15 Decked-Out Superyachts of the Rich and Famous - AOL

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    Price: $160 million Features: Two helipads, built-in fitness center, spa, can comfortably fit 18 guests and crew of 23. 10. Al Mirqab: Owned by Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani.