A Purdue
University ag economist projects margins for pork producers to improve this
year.
Chris Hurt
says pork prices increased after the first quarter.
“We went
form about $12 a head of loss, on my estimate last year, $12 dollars of loss;
to what looks like would be a little bit of profit or maybe a zero to two,
three dollars of profit this year,” Hurt says.
Hurt expects
stronger exports next year leading to increased profits for hog producers.
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