date:May 14, 2014
.3 per cent from 2013. Pork has been the clear leader in RPCE growth this year, indicating strength in domestic pork demand.
Figure 2
And that is not the end to positive demand news from last week as March exports were surprisingly strong, growing by 21.7 per cent from one year ago. Recall that we are indeed comparing to a bad month last year as it was the first month of the Russian embargo, but the 483.3 million pounds carcass weight shipped in March makes it the largest month for U.S. pork