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Livestock Roundup: Livestock Shedding Pounds?; Pork Plant Line Speed Rule Blocked

Livestock Shedding Pounds? Hog producers have been caught in a whipsaw of low hog prices due to tariffs, a dramatic rally (given the African swine fever situation in China that has since ebbed), and now rising feed costs due to the uncertain planting situation. In short, corn prices are likely to put a squeeze on hog producers, and market weight is one of the variables that is most under feeders’ control in the short run. Slaughter weights are still running at 287 pounds. Given a projected increase of 4.4 percent in pork production for the second half of 2019, an across-the-board drop of 4 pounds in average slaughter weight could reduce supplies by about 1.4 percent by bringing production down to about 13.74 billion pounds for that...

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