As corn futures are flirting with $8 per bushel prices and projections of hog breakevens surge higher, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) expects U.S. pork supplies to increase both in 2012 and 2013. Total pork production for 2012 is forecast at 23.315 million pounds, some 540 million pounds or 2.4% higher than a year ago, according to Daily Livestock Report (www.dailylivestockreport.com) analysts Steve Meyer and Len Steiner....
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