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Hog slaughter is estimated at 2.387million head this week with kills forecast at 311,000 head tomorrow. The cold did pull back numbers from last week and last year, but slaughter remains strong at 1% above January 2018’s pace. Porcine MBM has had trouble finding traction at higher…