United States hog inventory increases

March 28, 2024/ USDA/ United States.
https://www.nass.usda.gov/

04-Apr-2024 (2 years 2 months 2 days ago)

These are the highlights from the latest U.S. hog inventory report released by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) on March 28:

<p>U.S. hog inventories as of March 1, 2024, annual variations. Prepared by 333 Latin America with data from USDA - NASS. </p>

As of March 1, 2024, there were 74.6 million hogs and pigs on U.S. farms, up 1% from March 2023 but down 2% from December 1, 2023.

Of the 74.6 million hogs and pigs, 68.6 million were market hogs, while 6.02 million were kept for breeding.

Between December 2023 and February 2024, 33.1 million pigs were weaned on U.S. farms, up 2% from the same period one year earlier. An average of 11.53 pigs per litter were weaned.

U.S. hog producers intend to have 2.92 million sows farrow between March and May 2024 and 2.99 million sows farrow between June and August 2024.

Iowa hog producers accounted for the largest inventory among the states, at 25.2 million head. Minnesota had the second-largest inventory at 9.10 million head. North Carolina was third with 7.40 million head.