mi-press-releases News Release NR-12-69 October 1, 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 September Hogs and Pigs 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. Hog inventory and farrowings: Michigan and United States, September 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 5,806 5,788 0 Market : 990 910 -8 61,428 61,684 0 Under 50 pounds : 300 280 -7 19,761 19,653 -1 50-119 pounds : 260 220 -15 17,884 17,675 -1 120-179 pounds : 215 210 -2 12,822 12,899 1 180+ pounds : 215 200 -7 10,961 11,457 5 Total : 1,100 1,020 -7 67,234 67,472 0 : Sows farrowed, Jun-Aug : 52 51 -2 2,927 2,892 -1 Pigs/litter, Jun-Aug : 10.00 10.10 1 10.03 10.13 1 Pig crop, Jun-Aug : 520 515 -1 29,355 29,286 0 Sows farrowing, Sep-Nov 1/ : 52 51 -2 2,929 2,850 -3 Sows farrowing, Dec-Feb 1/ : 51 48 -6 2,843 2,821 -1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Intentions.