Disease Outbreaks in Mexico’s Hog Herd to Drive U.S. Meat Prices Higher
- Mexico is buying up U.S. pork at an unprecedented rapid pace
- Meat exports help drive worst U.S. inflation in 40 years
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Hog diseases are shrinking herds in Mexico, so they’re turning to U.S. pork supplies -- a move that will likely push up American meat prices even further.
The U.S. is shipping record amounts of pork to Mexico at a torrid pace, with the country the top buyer of American pork in the latest week, U.S. government data on Thursday showed.