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Pork Inventory Declines Slightly
2013-09-24 16:30:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: Daily Livestock Report The latest USDA Cold Storage report showed that at the end of August the pork inventory was estimated at 540.0 million pounds, down 0.7% from the previous month and down 7.8% from a year ago, according to the Daily Livestock Report (DLR). Last year, however, record high slaughter caused inventories to swell at the end of August 2012. Pork inventories still are about 10.2% above the five-year average, says DLR report authors Steve Meyer and Len Steiner. read more
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