date:May 06, 2014
hough chicken pricing was up 3%, indicating a definite shift towards the relative value of chicken.
The emergence of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus is a concern for the company, which forecast pork production will decline 4% during the year due to its spread.
The impact of PED is expected to further affect our hog supplies beginning around the first of June, peaking in August and then beginning to ease in October, Mr. Smith said. Hog weights are expected to be higher and offset some of