date:Mar 17, 2014
ks ahead as U.S. pork processors struggle to source hogs, analysts said.
The United States, the world's largest pork exporter, slaughtered some 112 million hogs in 2013, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The pig virus has spread across the U.S. Hog Belt with swine specialists estimating that at least 4 million to 5 million hogs have died of PEDv since it was identified in the United States in May 2013.
PEDv does not affect humans and is not a food safety risk.
The tight supply