Source: SOUTHERN FARM  NETWORK, 12/28/16

According to USDA’s Hogs and Pigs Report, the total swine inventory on December 1 was 71.5 million head. That is a four percent increase from last year and a record high. The breeding herd inventory was just over 6 million head, up 1.5 percent from last year. The market hog supply at 65.4 million head, was up four percent from December of 2015. Iowa Farm Bureau director of research and commodity services David Miller expects the productivity gains seen in the swine industry to continue.

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