Hog Outlook: Canadian Hog Herd Larger
US - Statistics Canada says the Canadian hog herd on July 1 was 1.5 per cent larger than a year ago and their breeding herd was up 1 per cent. Despite a larger sow herd, Canadian producers say they will farrow 1.4 per cent fewer sows in the third quarter of 2012 and 1.3 per cent fewer in the fourth quarter compared to a year earlier, according to Ron Plain and Scott Brown from the University of Missouri.
27 August 2012
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