Pork and Total Red Meat Production Touches Record Highs
US - In December, pork production totaled 1.97 billion pounds, up 10 percent from the previous year, says the US Department of Agriculture. Hog kill was 9.69 million head, up nine percent from December 2006 and the average live weight increased one pound from the previous year, at 272 pounds.
28 January 2008
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