Record red meat, pork production for January

The USDA says commercial red meat and pork production notched new all-time monthly highs in January. Red meat totaled 4.701 billion pounds, up 2% from the previous record set last year, with pork jumping 4% to 2.373 billion pounds on a 3% rise in the monthly slaughter to 11.041 million head and 2-pound gain in …

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