06.27.2025
Sausage casings bulletin, June 27, 2025

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Hempseed meal – also referred to as seedcake – is in a surreal regulatory no-man’s land. We refer to the by-product of hempseed crushing as meal, consistent with other agricultural crops. Hempseed meal isn’t an exotic feed ingredient, it is a valuable protein source that can supplant much or all of the soybean meal that comprises the vast majority of livestock feeds. It will also compete with other popular by-product protein components like cottonseed and sunflower meal if pricing dips below $300/ton. More research on hemp’s role in typical crop rotations could drive hemp production – and hemp pricing – considerably if findings are consistent with existing reports of hemp’s positive contribution to rotations.
The regulatory status of hempseed meal is a vestige of decades of prohibition. It just didn’t need to go through the resource…
06.24.2025
Correction to sausage casings, resale, North American hog runners, whiskered, ex-works North America on June 20: pricing notice
North American hog runners price published on Friday was incorrect due to a formula miscalculation. The original reported price of $1.63 has been corrected to the accurate rolling average...