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Hog Outlook: Canadian market hog inventory stable

Hog Outlook: Canadian market hog inventory stable

Write: Vasu [2011-05-20]
Statistics Canada says the Canadian sow herd was down 1.1% on the first day of 2011, but their market hog inventory was up 0.9%. They forecast first quarter farrowings in Canada would be down 1.4%, but the number of litters farrowed during the second quarter of 2011 would be up 0.7% compared to a year earlier.