Source: NATIONAL ASSOC. OF STATE DEPTS. OF AGRICULTURE, 4/4/17


As of March 1, there were 71.0 million hogs and pigs on U.S. farms, up 4 percent from March 2016, but down 1 percent from December 1, 2016, according to the Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report published March 30 by the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). 
Other key findings in the report were:
• Of the 71.0 million hogs and pigs, 64.9 million were market hogs, while 6.07 million were kept for breeding.
• Between December 2016 and February 2017, 31.4 million pigs were weaned on U.S. farms, up 4 percent from the same time period one year earlier.

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