date:Aug 20, 2014
Domestic pork demand continues to increase. Retail demand was up 3.8 per cent in June. Over the last 12 months, domestic pork demand is up 5.4 per cent. Export demand for US pork is even stronger. Pork export demand was up 13.4 per cent in June. Over the last year, export demand for US pork is up 12.8 per cent, write Ron Plain and Scott Brown, University of Missouri.
Live hog imports during the first half of 2014 were down 8.2 per cent with 179,779 fewer feeder pigs and 34,436 fewer other hogs