Weekly Overview: Understanding US Pork Market Trends
ANALYSIS - The upward trends in US pork exports would have been even more pronounced if feed prices had not risen so dramatically since 2008, according to industry analysts, and it was a technological advance that has supported this increase in pig meat output. Sales of high-welfare pork in the UK have achieved a record. In South Korea, the government is proposing to cull part of the breeding herd in order to overcome the collapse in pork prices while in France, the agriculture ministry is working on plans to support the country's struggling pig meat sector.
22 April 2013
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