Posted 11/16/2017 21:05 (#6369948 - in reply to #6369866) Subject: RE: Dumb question about hog prices
SW WI
And a day ago someone was asking about profit owning your own hogs vs custom feeding
Sure.
Now you see why more packing plants have sprouted up...as long as the status quo holds on raising hogs at a loss (with others supplying the barn and labor) the packing plant is a money printing press.