mi-press-releases News Release NR-12-42 July 2, 2012 U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service Michigan Field Office Michigan Department of Agriculture Post Office Box 30239 Lansing, MI 48909-6248 Phone: (517) 324-5300 Facsimile: (517) 324-5299 E-mail: nass-mi@nass.usda.gov Web site: www.nass.usda.gov Jay V. Johnson, Director June Hogs and Pigs Michigan's total hog and pig inventory on June 1 was estimated at 1.2 million head, down 20,000 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 June. Market hog inventory, at 910,000 head, was down 20,000 head from last year. United States inventory of all hogs and pigs on June 1, 2012 was 65.8 million head. This was up 1 percent from June 1, 2011, and up 1 percent from March 1, 2012. Breeding inventory, at 5.86 million head, was up 1 percent from last year, and up 1 percent from the previous quarter. Market hog inventory, at 60.0 million head, was up 1 percent from last year, and up 1 percent from last quarter. The March-May 2012 pig crop, at 29.4 million head, was up 1 percent from 2011. Sows farrowing during this period totaled 2.92 million head, up slightly from 2011. The sows farrowed during this quarter represented 50 percent of the breeding herd. The average pigs saved per litter was a record high 10.09 for the March-May period, compared to 10.03 last year. Pigs saved per litter by size of operation ranged from 7.50 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 2.90 million sows farrow during the June-August 2012 quarter, down 1 percent from the actual farrowings during the same period in 2011, and down 1 percent from 2010. Intended farrowings for September-November 2012, at 2.89 million sows, are down 1 percent from 2011, but up slightly from 2010. 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 45 percent last year. Hog inventory and farrowings: Michigan and United States, June 1, 2012 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Michigan : U.S. Hogs and pigs :----------------------------------------------- : 2011 : 2012 :Change : 2011 : 2012 :Change ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 head Percent 1,000 head Percent : Breeding : 110 110 0 5,803 5,862 1 Market : 930 910 -2 59,517 59,967 1 Under 50 pounds : 300 280 -7 19,543 19,558 0 50-119 pounds : 250 210 -16 17,321 17,531 1 120-179 pounds : 190 215 13 12,174 12,348 1 180+ pounds : 190 205 8 10,479 10,530 0 Total : 1,040 1,020 -2 65,320 65,829 1 : Sows farrowed, Mar-May : 53 50 -6 2,917 2,919 0 Pigs/litter, Mar-May : 10.00 10.10 1 10.03 10.09 1 Pig crop, Mar-May : 530 505 -5 29,252 29,441 1 Sows farrowing, Jun-Aug 1/ : 52 50 -4 2,927 2,901 -1 Sows farrowing, Sep-Nov 1/ : 52 49 -6 2,929 2,890 -1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Intentions.