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December Hog Numbers Point to Record Pork Production in 2020- Oklahoma Sixth Largest Sow Herd in US
Wed, 25 Dec 2019 13:23:00 CST
United States inventory of all hogs and pigs on Dec. 1, 2019 was 77.3 million head. This was up 3% from Dec. 1, 2018, but down slightly from Sept. 1, 2019. Breeding inventory, at 6.46 million head, was up 2% from last year, and up slightly from the previous quarter. Market hog inventory, at 70.9 million head, was up 3% from last year, but down slightly from last quarter.
The September-November 2019 pig crop, at 35.1 million head, was up 2% from 2018. Sows farrowing during this period totaled 3.17 million head, down 1% from 2018. The sows farrowed during this quarter represented 49% of the breeding herd. The average pigs saved per litter was a record high of 11.09 for the September-November period, compared to 10.76 last year.
United States hog producers intend to have 3.13 million sows farrow during the December 2019-February 2020 quarter, up 1% from the actual farrowings during the same period one year earlier, and up 5% from the same period two years earlier. Intended farrowings for March-May 2020, at 3.15 million sows, are up slightly from the same period one year earlier, and up 3% 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 48% of the total United States hog inventory, unchanged from the previous year.
In a teleconference hosted by the National Pork Board, Steiner Consulting Group Senior Analyst Altin Kalo says the breeding hog number points to another year of record production in the year ahead. Chinese pork production has been decimated by African Swine Fever and the U.S. swine industry has responded with an increase in production. Kalo remains optimistic about the export opportunities to China.
Here in the southern plains- the hog population was up in Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas. The Oklahoma hog herd was the ninth largest herd (by state) in the country with 2.27 million head counted as of December first- up three percent from a year ago. Oklahoma is well known as a pig producing state- with those weanling pigs shipped into the Corn Belt where feed grains are more plentiful. The Oklahoma Sow population as of December first was the sixth largest in the country- with 450,000 sows counted- up 1% from a year ago.
The Kansas Hog Herd stands at 2.14 million head- up four percent from December first 2018 while the Texas hog herd was up 2% from a year ago at 1.13 million head.
Iowa was almost one third of all hogs found in the United States- with a December first hog count of 24.8 million head- they were up five percent in all hogs from a year ago.
All inventory and pig crop estimates for March 2018 through September 2019 were reviewed using final pig crop, official slaughter, death loss, and updated import and export data. The revision made to the September 2019 all hogs and pigs inventory was 0.1%.
The net revision made to the June 2019 all hogs and pigs inventory was 0.3%. A net revision of 0.8% was made to the March-May 2019 pig crop. The net revision to the March 2019 all hogs and pigs inventory was 0.5 % and 0.5 to the December 2018-February 2019 pig crop. The net revision to the December 2018 all hogs and pigs inventory was 0.7% and 1.5% to the
September-November 2018 pig crop. The net revision to the September 2018 all hogs and pigs inventory was 1.2% and 0.4% to the June-August 2018 pig crop. The net revision to the June 2018 all hogs and pigs inventory was 1.7% and 1.8% to the March-May 2018 pig crop. The net revision to the March 2018 all hogs and pigs inventory was 1.2% and 2.6% to the December 2017- February 2018 pig crop.
To review the complete report from USDA- click or tap here.
More details about the Texas and Oklahoma numbers are available in the Southern Plains report released from th NASS office in Texas- click on the PDF report below to see it.
04736_spr-hogs-12-2019.pdf
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