Hog prices forecast to fall by 26 percent this year

Producers will see sharply lower hog prices this year – down 26 percent from 2014 – due to larger livestock production, says the USDA’s Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook. “Accelerating production of competing proteins – broiler and poultry production in particular, but also smaller declines in 2015 beef production – along with slowing pork exports are… » Read More

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