EAST LANSING, Mich. — Indiana’s total hog and pig inventory on September 1 was estimated at 4.3 million head, up 100,000 head from a year ago, according to Greg Matli, State Statistician of the USDA, NASS, Indiana Field Office. Breeding hog inventory, at 250,000 head, was unchanged from last September. Market hog inventory, at 4.05 million head, was up 3 percent from last year. The average pigs saved per litter for the June to August quarter was 11.00, up 0.50 from the same period last year.
United States inventory of all hogs and pigs on September 1, 2019 was 77.7 million head. This was up 3 percent from September 1, 2018, and up 3 percent from June 1, 2019. This is the highest September 1 inventory of all hogs and pigs since the estimates began in 1988.
Breeding inventory, at 6.43 million head, was up 2 percent from last year, and up slightly from the previous quarter. Market hog inventory, at 71.2 million head, was up 4 percent from last year, and up 3 percent from last quarter. This is the highest September 1 market hog inventory since the estimates began in 1988.
The June-August 2019 pig crop, at 35.3 million head, was up 3 percent from 2018. This is the largest June-August pig crop since estimates began in 1970. Sows farrowing during this period totaled 3.18 million head, down 1 percent from 2018. The sows farrowed during this quarter represented 50 percent of the breeding herd. The average pigs saved per litter was a record high of 11.11 for the June-August period, compared to 10.72 last year.
— USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Indiana Field Office
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