Livestock October Reports Show Improving Pork Supply and Price Pressures According to the latest corporate filings for this past October, the average live hog sales prices for the top four publicly listed companies fell sharply from September. The Wens Group, Muyuan Foods, New Hope Group and Zhengbang Biotech reported monthly decreases of 17.5 percent, 11.2 percent, 17.5 percent, and 21.3 percent, respectively. The company reports noted that the improving supply of hogs was the main driver of lower sales prices. At the recent third China International Import Expo, an official from the country’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) stated that the domestic meat supply has been improving steadily, reaching 80 percent of the pre-African...
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