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Pork Bolsters Meat Production In U.S.

Commercial red meat production in the U-S in July was up 3 per cent from a year ago.

The USDA says beef production was down 2 per cent while pork production was up 10 per cent.

U-S cattle slaughter numbers were down 4 per cent from July 2015, hog slaughter numbers were up 11 per cent.

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Scoreboard, June 26

The Toronto Blue Jays dropped their third in a row Thursday, 6-5 to the visiting Texas Rangers, and the Detroit Tigers suffered a 2-1 loss to Houston.