Logo 27 Nov 2023

A piggy reckoning

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Regulators are (again) buying pork in response to perilously low prices.
On Friday, the macro planner (NDRC) announced that pork reserve purchasing had been triggered as the hog-corn ratio – a key metric for assessing the profitability of hog farming based on the price of pork and feeds – fell belo...