The Skinny On Pork Producers

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">It may be time for investors to fatten their portfolios by investing in pork.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>Not the kind of pork that gets floated around <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Washington</st1:place></st1:state>, but the real thing &ndash; hogs.<strong style=""><o:p></o:p></strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">The opportunity is not however here in <st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region> &ndash; it's in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>The <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> hog industry has faced two consecutive years of headwinds because of oversupply, and many hog growers are going under.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>While this will lead to consolidation in the industry, the remaining players still have a tough road to hoe before things will turn around.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>For investors, the opportunity for profits is in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">Subscribers to <strong style=""><a href="https://pro.smallcapinvestor.com/s.cfm?oid=272&amp;r=scihome_200911">SmallCapInvestor PRO</a></strong> have already received my recommendation on a Chinese company in the pork industry that is set to capitalize on an upturn in the Asian market.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>You can read about this company in a complimentary copy of my <a href="http://pro.smallcapinvestor.com/landing/dptop10land.htm">Special Report: The 10 Most Profitable Small Caps for 2010, when you sign up for a no risk trial membership<span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;"> to <strong style=""><span style=""><u><span style="color: blue;">SmallCapInvestor PRO</span></u></span></strong></span>. </a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">Companies in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place> hog industry have lost $5.2 billion since September 2007.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>There are several forces making it difficult for U.S pork producers to make money, including high cost feed, negative press from the H1N1 (swine) flu virus, and simply an oversupply of pork...<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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