US inventory of all hogs and pigs was 67.5 million head as of Sept. 1, up slightly from year-ago period and up 3% from June 1, USDA says; breeding inventory at 5.79 million head
Nevin Barich
WASHINGTON
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October 1, 2012
(press release)
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Michigan's total hog and pig inventory on September 1 was estimated at 1.02 million head, down 80,000 head from a year ago, according to Jay Johnson, Director of the USDA, NASS, Michigan Field Office. Breeding hog inventory, at 110,000 head, was unchanged from last September. Market hog inventory, at 910,000 head, was down 8 percent from last year.
United States inventory of all hogs and pigs on September 1, 2012 was 67.5 million head. This was up slightly from September 1, 2011, and up 3 percent from June 1, 2012. Breeding inventory, at 5.79 million head, was down slightly from last year, and down 1 percent from the previous quarter. Market hog inventory, at 61.7 million head, was up slightly from last year, and up 3 percent from last quarter.
The June-August 2012 pig crop, at 29.3 million head, was down slightly from 2011. Sows farrowing during this period totaled 2.89 million head, down 1 percent from 2011. The sows farrowed during this quarter represented 49 percent of the breeding herd. The average pigs saved per litter was a record high 10.13 for the June-August period, compared to 10.03 last year. Pigs saved per litter by size of operation ranged from 7.60 for operations with 1-99 hogs and pigs to 10.20 for operations with more than 5,000 hogs and pigs.
United States hog producers intend to have 2.85 million sows farrow during the September-November 2012 quarter, down 3 percent from the actual farrowings during the same period in 2011, and down 1 percent from 2010. Intended farrowings for December-February 2013, at 2.82 million sows, are down 1 percent from 2012 and down 1 percent from 2011. The total number of hogs under contract owned by operations with over 5,000 head, but raised by contractees, accounted for 47 percent of the total United States hog inventory, up from 46 percent last year.
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