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pork. The growth in popular . tion will also Increase de-i [! mand. ' The 1962 spring pig crop totaled 49,622,000 nead^ a 2 percent decrease from the .1961 spring crop. Most of this decline resulted from ; smaller litters as compared !to the previous year. ; The economists expect a somewhat larger pork supply in the first half of 1963. The September pig crop report shows that fall farrowing will be 4 percent above last year in the corn belt states. The increase, however, may not be as large ' as expected because of smaller litters than in 1961. 1 This larger pork supply is 1 expected to lower prices about $1 from last year, in the coming 6 months. If the same trend holds in the corn belt states for spring, the spring pig crop may increase by more than ^ 4 percent. It is likely that the pigs saved per litter will regain some of the loss from this year. The larger spring pig crop is expected to lower the price level about $1 during the last half of 1963, from a year earlier.
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