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What’s Caused Prices to Falter: Demand or Supply?

2013-04-23 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

US - Is it demand or is it supply? That question has been kicked around ad-nauseum this year as meat and livestock prices have consistently fallen short of expectations. In typical economist fashion, the correct answer is “both.” But that brings very little satisfaction, so let’s look at the information we have, writes Steve Meyer, in the National Hog Farmer.

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