CANADA’S SHRINKING HOG HERD

Canadian hog farmers continued a four-year downsizing trend in the first quarter, but the pace is slowing even though the government is paying some to cease production. Farmers reduced the national pig herd 2.1 per cent from a year earlier to 11.635 million head as of April 1, Statistics Canada said last month.

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