This year's collapse in the US pig market was far more methodical than the expected dip.

This year's collapse in the US pig market was far more methodical than the expected dip, and farmers could be stranded in loss-making territory until late nearest spring, reports German analyst ZMP

US economists had been forecasting a downturn early this year as pig slaughterings grew the pair in the US and in Canada, its most numerous important overseas supplier.

But price projections of $128-$136/kg (deadweight; lean swines of 51-52% muscle) were wide of the mark. according to ...