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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.

Report to be released Wednesday afternoon.

Report not bullish, but not overly bearish, either.

The quarterly Hogs and Pigs report pegs the inventory of all hogs and pigs on Sept. 1, 2011, at 66.6 million head.

Hog producers have been feeling the bite of losses once again this fall, but there is reason for some optimism.