date:Apr 18, 2014
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Last week, (April 11th), the pig to grain ratio was 4.4:1 down 12 per cent from last year. On February 20th, the pig to grain ratio was 5.49:1. This is sharply lower than at January 15th, 2014, when the pig to grain ratio was 6.18:1. This fell from 6.52:1 from the week before (January 8th). At the end of October, the pig to grain price ratio was 6.59:1. On the whole, in 2013 the national average of pig grain price ratio was 6.15:1 as compared to 6.25:1 in 2012 ( fell by 1.6 per cent- The