date:May 07, 2014
Rabobanks Food Agribusiness Research and Advisory group is forecasting more challenging times ahead for the U.S. pork industry. The spread of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) in the United States and in other parts of the world will have a material impact on pork supply both this summer and in the years to come, the group said in its Pork Quarterly report.
PEDv has been the driving force pushing up pork prices, especially in the U.S., to record highs, said Albert Vernooij, an analyst wit