Market Outlook

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Pork/Hogs: Commercial pork production is expected to grow moderately in 2025 to 28.4 billion pounds, about 1.2 percent above forecast production for 2024. Quarterly hog price forecasts should average to about $60 per cwt for 2025, almost 4 percent lower than expected prices in 2024. Pork exports in 2025 are forecast at 7.6 billion pounds, an increase of almost 5 percent from exports forecast for 2024. Production and export forecasts together imply that in 2025 almost 27 percent of commercial pork production will be exported.

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Livestock and Meat Domestic Data Livestock and Meat International Trade Data Meat Price Spreads Feed Grains Database Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS)

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Agricultural Baseline Animal Products Animal Policy & Regulatory Issues Corn and Other Feed Grains Commodity Outlook

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