Pork prices to jump due to pig disease

Get ready to pay even more for that Sunday morning bacon. The price of pork for shoppers could rise by 10 to 12 percent as a virus that has killed millions of pigletscontinues to ravage swine across the country.

The National Pork Producers Council said Wednesday that U.S. hog prices could rise 15 to 25 percent, which would translate into a price rise of up to 12 percent at the table.

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