Jim Long Pork Commentary: A year later, how much has changed!
Last year at this time we were at the start of the Covid crisis in our industry. A year ago Lean Hogs were 39₵ lb. Last week they were $1.01 lb. on a 215 lb. carcass an increase of $133 per head. We certainly noticed our cheques are bigger, as we expect you have to. “Surest cure to low prices is low prices.”