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Fewer pigs, more profits

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The ag ministry's (MARA) plan to stabilize the pig farming sector is working.
Per MARA officials at a routine press conference on Friday:

The breeding sow population is now 39.92 million – a decline of roughly 500,000 sows since the end of February and down 7.3% y/y.
The number of piglets born in Q...