As we compare wholesale and net farm pork prices to a year ago, they have gone up significantly. With those large increases, pressure will be on retail prices. How will that affect the demand for pork? With the higher prices for pork and fewer hogs available due to the Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv), demand is expected to slow as AgStar's Steve Malakowsky explains in the hog blog.