THE PIG MARKET.

Shannon News, 4 September 1928, Page 3

THE PIG MARKET.

PROSPECTS FOR SEASON.

The prospects for the opening of the pig season were stated by a prominent export buyer to a Standard reporter' to be very favourable, both for;local ruppfy and the Australian market. It was probable, hoAveA'er, he stated, that the market Avould not hold after November, as there was a big increase of pigs in Ncav Zealand and the Home market had not recovered from the effect of the recent slump, which had been caused by a flood of bacon from ' the Continent. There was, however, a possibility of a recovery. The Home porker market had been very dull recently, but that Avas largely a seasonal condition. A Blight improvement had been noted and the customary demand might be anticipated at the opening of the English season in September, with a firming of prices. There Avera fair quantities of NeAV Zealand porkers at Home, and in transit, and these would benefit in \liq rise in values. With the heavy increase in pigs, there was no doubt that export conditions and markets Avould be more closely studied, as the New Zealand markets Avere very closely supplied and were limited. It was inevitable that, without overseas markets, the industry would become very dull.