BALANCING ACT.(pork industry)(Statistical Data Included)

Agri Marketing,  September, 2001  by Leake, Linda L.

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The U.S. Pork industry Since the Crisis of 1998

It may seem like ancient history now, but it was just about three years ago when record-high production at the farm level, complicated by inadequate shackle space nationwide, drove live hog prices to unfathomable depths. The imbalance was particularly dramatic during the fourth quarter of 1998, when processing ran as high as 2.265 million head per week, while capacity in federally inspected slaughter plants was (and still is) only about 1.950 million in a five-day week. In December that year, some producers were offered as little ...

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