The June 1 inventory of hogs and pigs in the U.S. was at the highest June level since 2020 with 75.1 million head total, according to a recent study from the University of Missouri. However, even with ...

Of the 75.0 million hogs and pigs in the U.S., the latest USDA Hogs and Pigs Report as of Dec. 1 notes 69.0 million were market hogs, while 6.00 million were kept for breeding. The total inventory is ...

WASHINGTON -- The nation's hog farmers have reduced the breeding herd to the smallest level since 1963 after a year of losses, pointing to smaller pork supplies and higher supermarket prices in 2003, ...

USDA’s second Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report of 2025, released on June 26, contains key metrics for the hog industry including inventory, the number of pigs saved from every litter and the number of ...

WASHINGTON, Maine (AP) — Susan Frank and her dogs spend their days shepherding hairy, black pigs with names like Bacon, Pork Chop and Yummy around a chunk of Maine woods. Her farm, which raises and ...

Rongchang, a border district in the west of Chongqing, is known as "China's animal husbandry science and technology city", ...

“As you think about the breeding herd, you could argue we have one of the youngest and most productive sow herds we’ve ever had,” says Lee Schulz. Although there were no earth-shattering surprises in ...

BREEDING AND SHOWING THESE HOGS. ARE YOU CUTE? YEAH. YOU’RE CUTE. DOROTHY AND ELPHABA ARE NOT ONLY CUTE, BUT A RARE BREED IN NORTH AMERICA. THEY ARE MASON PIGS IMPORTED FROM CHINA WITH A NAME THAT ...

CHICAGO, June 23 (Reuters) - U.S. hog producers are profitable again but they are not ready to spend those profits to rebuild shrunken herds as the pain from two years of losses remains fresh, ...