Source: Jennifer Shike, PORK BUSINESS, 5/12/20


With all pork processing plants back online Tuesday and the use of plant estimated at about 70%, are pig farmers throughout the country seeing a small break in the storm clouds? Slaughter for Monday and Tuesday jumped back up to an estimated total 718,000 head, which is up 25% from a week ago at 573,000 head and down 21% from a year ago.  “It’s still a fairly fragile environment,” says Christine McCracken, Rabobank senior analyst – animal protein.

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