The double talk from the CBC brass and other media outlets about
the misnomer for H1N1 is costing Canadian hog producers somewhere
between $8 and $12 million a week
by LARRY MARTIN
I guess some people still question whether the misnamed swine flu has affected the market for pork. The chart for July futures prices has a gap in late April, when the outbreak occurred. July futures were trading in the US$72-$75 range before the gap. After, it looks like a map to Florida, dropping rapidly to the $65 range and bottoming out at $57.50. That makes the difference between current prices around $125-$130, equivalent to over $170 in Canada.