date:May 14, 2014
cent on 2013, an increase that more than offset a 4.5 per cent decline in domestic per capita consumption.
Consumption, of course, is a function of production and net exports, both of which hurt that figure in March. Seven percent lower commercial hog slaughter was only partially offset by a 3 per cent increase in weights that left domestic availability down about 4 per cent from last year. A 0.6 per cent increase in U.S. population further decreased the amount of pork that was available and