Today’s WASDE showed red meat and poultry production down 1.1 percent from the March WASDE estimates, but still 3.3 percent higher than 2019.
Estimated pork production actually increased from the March estimates. Hogs are in the pipeline in barns and can’t be turned out to pasture; what is coming to market is coming. Plus, hogs are already running at heavy weights. The average slaughter weight so far this year is 288.7 pounds. Aside from the economic cost of feeding longer with bargain basement hogs prices, there just is not a lot of room to slow down hog marketing through heavier hogs. Broilers, of course, have about a seven-week production cycle, so production can be managed to some degree. Although slowing dow...
The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.[2] The species is not truly migratory but it sometimes travels large distances to find food and water, especiall...
The common ostrich (Struthio camelus), or simply ostrich, is a species of flightless bird native to certain areas of Africa (and historically, Arabia) and is the largest living species of bird. The common ostrich is one of two extant species of ostriches, the only living members of the genus St...
A pika (/ˈpaɪkə, ˈpiːkə/ PY-kə, PEE-kə[3][4]) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America. With short limbs, a very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative the rabbit, but with short, rounded ears.[5] The large-eared pi...
Lobelia (/loʊˈbiːliə, lə-/[4][5][6]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae comprising 415 species,[7] with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world, a few species extending into cooler temperate regions.[8] They are known g...
