date:May 22, 2014
Tyson Foods Inc (TSN.N), the United States' largest meat processor, is buying heavier hogs and expects to scale down production more than usual this summer, as it copes with a drop in pig supplies due to a deadly virus.
We're seeing very heavy hogs come to market, Chief Executive Donnie Smith told Reuters on the sidelines of the BMO Farm to Markets conference in New York.
Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv) has killed about 7 million piglets since it was detected a year ago in the U.S., whe