Tag: live swine

• Thursday, August 2nd 2012 - 06:53 UTC

  Brazilian government to the rescue of pork farmers; excess production

  

  The Brazilian government will spend 30.4 million Reais (15.05 million dollars) to buy 76,000 metric tons of excess live swine, through a minimum-price plan created to help Brazilian producers get out from under a national oversupply of pork, the Ministry of Agriculture announced.