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Hog Outlook: Most Hog Producers Still Profitable Despite High Supplies

2015-10-19 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

US - Pork demand continues to remain at high enough levels to allow most hog producers to remain profitable despite much larger supplies this year. The farrow-finish profitability series maintained at Iowa State University pointed to September as the sixth consecutive month above breakeven, and the 19th out of the last 21, write Ron Plain and Scott Brown, Ag Economics, MU.

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