Will the Hog Market Respond To China Buys?

China has been buying a lot of U.S. pork recently. Yet, the hog market may not see as big of a boost as what producers want with the news.

“When it was all set and done, [China bought] 351,000 metric tons,” said Arlan Suderman with INTL FC Stone. “That’s equal to about 1.2 times the weekly slaughter. That’s a big number.”

Tyne Morgan and Suderman discuss why, in this AgDay analysis.

 

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