41.   Still, hog prices are expected to fall when farmers end harvest activities.

42.   That started today, with hog prices plunging their daily trading limit at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange while corn prices soared, continuing to squeeze margins at hog producers.

43.   The bad weather sent hog prices for immediate delivery higher because there are fewer animals available.

44.   The increase in cattle newly placed on feed promises plentiful and cheap beef supplies this spring, further weighing on hog prices, analysts said.

45.   The poultry and beef industries are much more concentrated, he said, pointing to a different culprit in recent low hog prices.

46.   The rise in grains pushed cattle and hog prices lower on concern ranchers and feedlot owners will step up sales of their animals to avoid higher feed costs.

47.   The rise in grains pushed prices cattle and hog prices lower on concern ranchers and feedlot owners will step up sales of their animals to avoid higher feed costs.

48.   The really smart traders are doing a spread trade -- betting on higher corn prices and lower hog prices.

49.   Though hog prices are cyclical, hogs in better years are by far the most profitable category of farm production.

50.   Toronto-based Maple Leaf said earnings at its main meat group rose in spite of higher hog prices.