date:Aug 26, 2014
s not been as devastating as it has beef for US producers.
The pig crop was pegged at 13.439 million head, down 3 per cent compared to year ago levels. USDA, on the other hand, pegged the 1 June pig crop down 5 per cent compared to a year ago. Different from the US, Canadian producers are slowly adding to the breeding herd.
As of 1 July 2014, the number of hogs kept for breeding pas reported at 1.222 million head, about 0.7 per cent higher than the previous year. A larger breeding herd and a