Weekly Overview: Pig Sector Faces Market Challenges

GLOBAL - The pork sector has not been having an easy time lately. To be sure, feed prices are well down from their peak but oversupply in the pig meat market is squeezing producer margins. In the US, a prolonged strike by dock-workers is not helping the situation. Three European retailers have been awarded top marks in an assessment of animal welfare standards.
calendar icon 23 February 2015
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