Pork exports running behind year-ago levels

Pork export volumes for the first quarter of 2022 have been on a steady decline from year-ago levels, and a livestock economist says it’s largely due to China. University of Missouri’s Scott Brown.  “In January we were 96-million pounds below a year ago,” he says.  “In February we were down 202-million pounds and this month we’re down 386-million pounds.  It’s not going in the right direction.”

Brown says if last month’s weekly sales reports are any indication of what happens in April, exports could decline even further.

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