WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A new federal report suggests that pork producers will be able to get more pork to consumers – and more quickly – than had been expected, Purdue University agricultural economist Chris Hurt says.
The rising volume of pork production over the next year will result from fewer pig deaths from the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, known as PEDv; more farrowings from producers expanding their inventory; and higher market weights this fall and winter, Hurt said in his analysis of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Hogs and Pigs report this week.
"More baby pigs survived this summer than expected, and that will help boost pork supplies by the end of the year and into the winter," he said.
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