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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
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Bryan Combs
Friday, December 28, 2007
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NEW YORK HOG INVENTORY DECLINES
Pork producers in New York had 86,000 hogs and pigs on hand December 1, 2007, according to Stephen Ropel, Director of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, New York office. This total was down 12 percent from the 98,000 head on hand a year earlier.
Of the current inventory, 11,000 hogs are for breeding purposes down 1,000 head from the previous December. The remaining 75,000 hogs and pigs, raised for home use or the slaughter market, declined by 11,000 head from a year ago.
U.S. inventory of all hogs and pigs on December 1, 2007 was 65.1 million head. This was up 4 percent from December 1, 2006, but down 1 percent from September 1, 2007. Breeding inventory, at 6.16 million head, was up 1 percent from last year, and up slightly from the previous quarter. Market hog inventory, at 59.0 million head, was up 5 percent from last year, but down 1 percent from last quarter.
The September-November 2007 pig crop, at 28.0 million head, was up 4 percent from 2006 and up 7 percent from 2005. Sows farrowing during this period totaled 3.03 million head, up 3 percent from 2006 and up 4 percent from 2005. The sows farrowed during this quarter represented 49 percent of the breeding herd. The average pigs saved per litter was 9.24 for the September-November 2007 period, compared to 9.11 last year. Pigs saved per litter by size of operation ranged from 7.40 for operations with 1-99 hogs and pigs to 9.30 for operations with more than 5,000 hogs and pigs.
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12-28-07
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