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Minnesota Hogs and Pigs report

Inventory down 2% from previous quarter, down 5% from previous year

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The goals of the SPS workshops for producers include: 1) Producers can complete the SPS plan with the least inconvenience to their schedule, 2) Participants will know how to monitor their herd for signs of FMD, CSF, and ASF, 3) Producers will go home with their own SPS plan in hand, and Minnesota swine producers will be ready with a functional disease response plan when a disease outbreak occurs. (Courtesy of University of Minnesota Extension)
The goals of the SPS workshops for producers include: 1) Producers can complete the SPS plan with the least inconvenience to their schedule, 2) Participants will know how to monitor their herd for signs of FMD, CSF, and ASF, 3) Producers will go home with their own SPS plan in hand, and Minnesota swine producers will be ready with a functional disease response plan when a disease outbreak occurs. (Courtesy of University of Minnesota Extension)
On June 1, 2022, there were 8.40 million hogs and pigs on Minnesota farms, according to the latest USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service -- Hogs and Pigs report. Inventory was down 2 percent from the previous quarter and down 5 percent from the previous year. (University of Minnesota Extension)

ST. PAUL, Minn. — On June 1, 2022, there were 8.40 million hogs and pigs on Minnesota farms, according to the latest USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service — Hogs and Pigs report. Inventory was down 2 percent from the previous quarter and down 5 percent from the previous year. 

The March-May 2022 quarterly pig crop was 3.14 million head, up 3 percent from the previous quarter but down 6 percent from last year. A total of 265,000 sows farrowed during this quarter. The average pigs saved per litter was 11.85 for the quarter. 

As of June 1, producers planned to farrow 260,000 sows and gilts in the June-August 2022 quarter and 255,000 head during the September-November 2022 quarter.

United States Hogs and Pigs 

United States inventory of all hogs and pigs on June 1, 2022, was 72.5 million head. This was down 1 percent from June 1, 2021, and down slightly from March 1, 2022. 

Breeding inventory, at 6.17 million head, was down 1 percent from last year, but up 1 percent from the previous quarter. 

Market hog inventory, at 66.4 million head, was down 1 percent from last year, and down slightly from last quarter. 

The March-May 2022 pig crop, at 32.9 million head, was down 1 percent from 2021. Sows farrowing during this period totaled 2.99 million head, down 1 percent from 2021. The sows farrowed during this quarter represented 49 percent of the breeding herd. The average pigs saved per litter was 11.00 for the March-May period, compared to 10.95 last year. 

United States hog producers intend to have 3.02 million sows farrow during the June-August 2022 quarter, down 1 percent from the actual farrowings during the same period one year earlier, and down 7 percent from the same period two years earlier. Intended farrowings for September-November 2022, at 3.01 million sows, are down 1 percent from the same period one year earlier, and down 5 percent from the same period two years earlier. 

The total number of hogs under contract owned by operations with over 5,000 head, but raised by contractees, accounted for 50 percent of the total United States hog inventory, up 1 percent from the previous year.

— USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service

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