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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:  Joseph Morse
Thursday, December 31, 2009

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         NEW YORK HOG INVENTORY DECREASES 
 
Pork producers in New York had 77,000 hogs and pigs on hand
December 1, 2009, according to Stephen Ropel, Director of
USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, New York 
office.  This total was down 19 percent from the 95,000 head
on hand a year earlier. 
 
Of the current inventory, 11,000 hogs are for breeding purposes,
down 2,000 head from the previous December.  The remaining 66,000
hogs and pigs, raised for home use or the slaughter market,
decreased by 16,000 head from a year ago.   
 
U.S. inventory of all hogs and pigs on December 1, 2009 was 65.8
million head. This was down 2 percent from December 1, 2008 and 
down 2 percent from September 1, 2009.  Breeding inventory, at 
5.85 million head, was down 3 percent from last year and down
slightly from the previous quarter. Market hog inventory, at
60.0 million head, was down 2 percent from last year and down
2 percent from last quarter.  
                                                                                 
The September-November 2009 pig crop, at 28.8 million head, was
up slightly from 2008 but down 2 percent from 2007. Sows farrowing
during this period totaled 2.97 million head, down 2 percent from
2008 and down 6 percent from 2007. The sows farrowed during this
quarter represented 51 percent of the breeding herd. The average
pigs saved per litter was 9.70 for the September-November 2009
period, compared to 9.50 last year. The litter rate equaled the
record for pigs saved per litter set during the June-August 2009
period. Pigs saved per litter by size of operation ranged from 
7.40 for operations with 1-99 hogs and pigs to 9.80 for operations
with more than 5,000 hogs and pigs. 
 
 
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12-31-09