Hog numbers show big declines
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.JS.
inventory ot all hogs and pigs is
estimated at 58.7 million head on
Dec. 1,1981, according to the Crop
Reporting Board. This is 9 percent
below a year ago and 13 percent
less than Dec. 1,1979.
—Breeding hog inventory at 7.84
million is 14 percent below last
year and down 19 percent from two
years ago.
—Market hog inventory at 50.8
million is 8 percent below a year
earlier and 12 percent less than two
years ago.
The 14 biggest hog states with
50.8 million head on Dec..l, are
down 7 percent from a year earlier
and 11 percent less than Dec. 1,
1979. These 14 states account for
approximately 87 percent of the
total U.S. hog and pig inventory.
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The U.S. crop for 1981 totaled
93.8 million head, 8 percent below
1980 and 9 percent below the 1979
pig crop.
The December, 1980 - May, 1981
pig crop, estimated at 4/.0 million
head, is down 9 percent from a
year earlier period and 6 pecent
below the comparable period two
years ago.
The June-Nuvember, 1981 pig
crop, estimated at 48.2 million
head, is 6 percent tewer than a
year ago and 11 percent below the
J une-November 1979 crop.
A total ot 8.28 million sows
farrowed during J une-November
1981 is 8 percent fewer than a year
earlier. The litter size during this
period averaged 7.38 compared
with 7.21 a year earlier.
-In the 14 major states the June
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August 1981 pig crop totaled 20.2
million head, 1 percent below the
same quarter a year ago. For the
September-November period, the
pig crop of 19.8 million head
decreased 7 percent from the same
period during the 1980.
U.S. hog producers intend to
have 5.76 million sows tarrowed
during the December 1981 - May
1982 period, 11 percent below a
year ago and 20 percent fewer than
two years ago.
Intentions in the 14 major states
totaled 2.28 million sows to farrow
during December 1961-February 1902
period, 6 percent tewer than the
same period last year. The March -
May 1982 intentions, at 2.73 million,
are 11 percent below the March -
May 1981 quarter.
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