Pork and chicken in cold storage finished last year at all-time highs.
The USDA says pork supplies were 580.904 million pounds, an increase of 15% on the year with record production exceeding anticipated demand, and while beef stocks dipped 3% to 481.012 million pounds, that larger than expected pork total pushed total red meat supplies to 1.103 billion pounds, 5% above the end of 2018. That monthly total for pork included an all-time high for boneless ham stocks.
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