Punishingly low hog prices to persist through 2017

Two years after soaring to record highs, “hog prices have collapsed to levels far below break-even,” says Purdue economist Chris Hurt. Hog farmers will lose an average $10 a head this year and $16 a head in 2017 because there are so many hogs being fed for slaughter, they could exceed the capacity of packing… » Read More

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