: a measure of the relative profitability of producing market pork at different times expressed as the number of bushels of maize equal in market value to 100 pounds of live hogs
a profitable corn-hog ratio is 11: 1 or higher
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corn-hog ratio «KRN HOG»,
the ratio of the market price of hogs weighing 100 pounds to the cost of one bushel of corn: »
The corn-hog ratio [is] a rough measure of the profit margin in raising pigs (Wall Street Journal).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.