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Pork Commentary: US Industry losing $40 per Head

2013-01-08 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

US - Sterling Marketing of Vale, Oregon does a weekly calculation of farrow to finish profitability. The latest weekly calculation was a loss of $40.38 per head. Nasty, Nasty, Nasty. If correct, a loss for the industry approaching $100 million a week. Last year the same week the loss was $16.12 per head, writes Jim Long President – CEO Genesus.

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