An ag economist says May pork exports reached the highest monthly level since May 2021.

Scott Brown with the University of Missouri says diversification of trading partners has played a crucial role in pork export growth. 

“You take out Mexico, China, Hong Kong, Tiwan and Japan and look at everyone else, they’re up 124 million pounds year-to-date in exports so some good news on the pork side of the equation.”

Pork exports were up 9.6% by volume and 11% in value for May.

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