USA - Iowa pork facts

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11-Mar-2010 (16 years 2 months 28 days ago)
At the end of 2008, Iowa had 8,300 hog operations. Approximately 30 million hogs are raised in Iowa each year.

The Iowa pork industry generates nearly $950 million in household income for pork producers. More than 39,000 jobs are directly related to raising and caring for hogs in Iowa.