Hannah Price is a student at the University of Illinois and placed 2nd in the Master Research Competition at the American Meat Science Association’s 72nd RMC in Loveland, Colo., this past June.
The average hot carcass weight of U.S. pork carcasses has increased from 82 kg to 96 kg since 1995, representing an increase of approximately 17 percent. If this increase remains steady, pork carcasses are projected to weigh on average 105 kg by 2030 and more than 118 kg by 2050.
