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North American hog and pork market dynamics

Tune in to find out what is currently driving the hog and pork markets.  Dr. Murphy will cover the current supply and demand situation and provide his thoughts on market trajectory for 2022.  After the wild ride that 2020 and 2021 provided, will things settle down next year?

Rob Murphy, PH. D.
Executive Vice President J.S. Ferraro

An agricultural economist and business leader with over 28 years in the industry, Dr. Rob Murphy has a wealth of experience in the North American meat and livestock industries studying, analysing and predicting market movements. His expertise spans commodity analysis, econometric modelling, forecasting, futures markets, hedging, and risk management.

Rob holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Applied Economics from Virginia Tech and has developed his market expertise over the past three decades by serving as an economist with the Chicago

Mercantile Exchange, Sparks Companies and Informa Economics. During his 18 years at Informa/Sparks, Rob held senior leadership roles and directed the company’s commodity analysis across the animal protein sector. He was also deeply involved in the development of risk management programs for many of Informa’s global agribusiness clients.

Currently, Rob serves as the Executive Vice President, Research and Analysis at J.S. Ferraro, leading the team in commodity analysis, financial modelling, and the development of trading and risk management strategies. As well as taking part in speaking engagements such as the Le Porc Show, Rob also provides market intelligence to clients and partners via a weekly Meat Wrap, monthly Red Meat Outlook and quarterly Big Picture Market Outlook Webinars.

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