Commercial pork production during June was a record monthly high. That followed a couple of months of dramatically lower production as several major plants either closed or reduced hours to fight COVID-19 infections.
The USDA says pork production during June 2020 was 2.400 billion pounds, up 14% from June 2019 with a 12% jump in the slaughter to 11.177 million head and a three pound gain in the average live weight at 288 pounds.
