Trade tensions are costing pork it’s “biggest opportunity”

Trade tensions are costing pork it’s “biggest opportunity”

A National Pork Producers Council official says U.S. pork producers are missing the industry’s biggest opportunity ever.  “China represents now the biggest sales opportunity in the history of U.S. pork and unfortunately because of the ongoing trade dispute, we’re not able to capitalize on that.” Jim Monroe says China has lost more hogs to African Swine Fever than the U.S. produces, and the current trade tensions sending that business to other producers. NPPC Vice President Nick Giordano told a Washington D.C.

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