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USA hog inventory up 4% in March 2020

Quarterly hog inventory from the USDA: market, breeding, and weaned pig numbers as of March 1.

Source: NASS/USDA

As of March 1, there were 77.6 million hogs and pigs on U.S. farms, up 4 percent from March 2019, but down 1 percent from December 1, 2019, according to the Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report published by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) of the USDA.

Of the 77.6 million hogs and pigs, 71.3 million were market hogs (+4.3% from last year), while 6.38 million were kept for breeding (+0.4%).

Between December 2019 and February 2020, 34.7 million pigs were weaned on U.S. farms, up 5 percent from the same time period one year earlier.

From December 2019 through February 2020, U.S. hog and pig producers weaned an average of 11.00 pigs per litter.

March 26, 2020/ USDA/ USA.
https://www.nass.usda.gov/

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