date:Apr 18, 2014
cent from last month and down 3.5 per cent from last year).
Profit margins are now showing heavy losses. On April 11th, a farrowto finish operation was losing 357 RMB/head ($ 57.48 US/ market pig). Some analysts calculate well over 400 RMB/head ($ 64.40 US/market pig) loss for some newer, more financially leveraged farms. On February 19th, 2014 it was reported that the losses for a farrow to finish operation was 199 RMB/market pig ($ 32.04 US/ market pig). Compared to one month before (January