High feed prices remain worrisome for US producers

High, higher, highest. The development of US feedprices seemed to be a one-way traffic in the first months of 2011. Although the situation has stabilised over the summer, it’s likely new levels are here to stay – so US pig producers should be prepared for a higher cost of production. That was, once more, the key message from this year’s World Pork Expo, held in Des Moines, Iowa, US, from 8-10 June 2011.       High feed prices? Hardly anybody present at the annual p