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The hearing on Tuesday will focus on challenges facing the livestock industry.

USDA’s Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report shows U.S. inventory of all hogs and pigs on June 1, 2011 was 65.0 million head.

Pork producers are maintaining the size of the breeding herd in the face of a very uncertain financial outlook.

International pork trade is going well, plus added optimism that China potentially will buy a lot of U.S. pork in coming months.

Cold Storage Report positive for cattle and hog futures.

The answer will depend on many factors including the size of the U.S. corn crop.

Livestock producers soon might be facing a critical decision: whether they should reduce their use of corn for feed.

Sees slight expansion in cattle herd, hog herd holding steady.

Export demand remains a bright spot for cattle and hog markets.

Stronger hog prices and lower feed costs have put the pork outlook back into the black for the coming year.