# Growing domestic and global demand for US pork - Brownfield Ag News

> The National Pork Board CEO says the US pork industry must grow market share at home and abroad, with about a quarter of US pork exported. He warned that talk of renegotiating NAFTA is a concern, since Mexico is the largest importer of US pork and Canada is also part of the agreement.

- Date: 2017-02-17 · published 2017-02-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72644-growing-domestic-and-global-demand-for-us-pork-brownfield-ag-news
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Pork export demand, particularly from Mexico, underpins hog prices, so any threat to NAFTA trade flows would pressure hog values and related feed demand.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: neutral

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## Sources

- brownfieldagnews.com: https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/growing-domestic-global-demand-us-pork/

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