Integrated hog operations tend to like to have their own feed-milling capacity. They tend to locate hogs generally within 50 to 60 miles of that feed mill.

However, for hogs and poultry, the question is whether the increased price of corn will be offset by added value in the feed product that is returned. If not, this could mean some restructuring of the location of the U.S. and world animal industries. This appears to be particularly true for the eastern Corn Belt and the southeastern United States where hog, poultry and dairy are more dominant.

Pigs get fat and hogs get slaughtered and frankly this bill really is a hog, it is way over the top. We believe there really is too much spending, we believe this bill is in fact an abomination,

when it comes to operations on that continent, we tend to do it on the cheap.

The funnel of deep feeling and profound satisfaction in life comes from the capacity to feel.

[After 5-6 and a bowl-less 2004, it’s time the Hogs get it done, Baker said. He likes Osceola and all, but doesn’t want to spend the entire Christmas holidays there.] When the bowl games are on, ... and you are home watching them play, it makes you come together as a team when you get back. It makes everyone come together so you are not sitting at home watching other teams play bowl week. I really do think we’ll get back to a bowl game because from the start of summer workouts everybody has been pushing each other saying, ‘ We can’t go 5-6. ’