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In this episode, Dr. Montserrat Torremorell (College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota), Dr. Gordon Spronk (Pipestone Veterinary Services), and Dr. Tom Wetzell (Swine Veterinary Consultant) are joined by Dow McVean, a principal of McVean Trading & Investments LLC, who discusses how the complexities and vulnerabilities of North American hog prices have been laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic.
In this episode of ….At The Meeting Honoring Dr. Bob Morrison our guest Dow McVean discusses about the North American hog prices in the COVID-19 pandemic scenario.
The podcast is available via SwineCast. It is the eighth in a series of recordings produced by the At The Meeting team on the effects of COVID-19 on the pork industry.
“The cash hog market was thin and getting thinner prior to COVID-19,” “To have the majority of the hogs priced off the negotiated cash price of two percent off the hogs is unsustainable.”
Dow McVean