A livestock economist says domestic demand for pork has surged during the pandemic.
University of Missouri livestock economist Scott Brown says that was evident in the USDA’s latest Cold Storage numbers. “Pork ending stocks have continued to get a lot tighter,” he says. “Look at total freezer stocks at the end of December, just a little over 400 million pounds on the pork side. Frankly that’s amazing considering the production levels that we’ve had that we aren’t seeing any kind of build-up of pork stocks.”
But, he tells Brownfield pork hasn’t been the only protein in high demand during the pandemic.