Quarterly Update: A cautious welcome to the New Year

In his quarterly update, pig market analyst Dr John Strak talks about the firm pig prices seen in 2022, the changing impacts of the war in Ukraine and China’s Covid-19, and the producer margins that have been slow to recover. When I last wrote this column in October 2022 I finished by saying, “….be aware that pig prices will continue to be strong – if consumer incomes hold up. But also be aware that until energy and feed prices weaken significantly, the outlook for improved margins in