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INSIGHT-Growing U.S. hog herd, flat Chinese demand slams pork prices

2015-02-08 18:15:31| Food - Topix.net

For decades, Chuck Souder relied on corn and soybeans to keep his 400-acre Iowa farm running, but with corn selling for half its price two years ago and soybeans slumping, Souder has shifted to what he hopes will be a more profitable crop: Pigs. Souder spent $850,000 last year to build a wean-to-finish barn, which can house nearly 2,500 animals at a time.

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