Farmdoc Weekly Outlook: Limited Pork Expansion

US - The pork industry has largely overcome the impacts of the 2014 PED virus. Pork producers have been disciplined in limiting expansion after record 2014 profits. As a result, pork supplies should be only modestly higher in 2016 and provide prices which cover all costs of production, writes Chris Hurt, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University.
calendar icon 29 September 2015
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