National & World Ag News Headlines U.S. & Canadian Hog Inventory Up 2 Percent USAgNet - 04/27/2012 United States and Canadian inventory of all hogs and pigs for March 2012 was 76.9 million head. This was up 2 percent from March 2011, and up 2 percent from March 2010. The breeding inventory, at 7.13 million head, was up slightly from last year and up slightly from last quarter. Market hog inventory, at 69.8 million head, was up 2 percent from last year but down 2 percent from last quarter. The pig crop, at 35.9 million head, was up 3 percent from 2011 and up 3 percent from 2010. Sows farrowed during this period totaled 3.59 million head, up 1 percent from last year but down slightly from 2010. U.S. inventory of all hogs and pigs on March 1, 2012 was 64.9 million head. This was up 2 percent from March 1, 2011, but down 2 percent from December 1, 2011. The breeding inventory, at 5.82 million head, was up 1 percent from last year and up slightly from last quarter. Market hog inventory, at 59.1 million head, was up 2 percent from last year, but down 2 percent from last quarter. The pig crop, at 28.7 million head, was up 3 percent from 2011 and up 4 percent from 2010. Sows farrowed during this period totaled 2.88 million head, up 1 percent from 2011 and up slightly from 2010. Send this article to a friend Other National Headlines Stricter Country-of-Origin Labels on Meat Imposed Senate Farm Bill Floor Consideration Begins House Ag Holds First Hearing in Process of CFTC Reauthorization Global Seed Treatment Market to Reach $4.45 Billion by 2018 Monsanto Launches Online Insect Forecasting Tool Johanns Offers, Cosponsors Amendments to Improve Farm Bill Wisconsin Raw Milk Trial to Continue into Next Week Copyright © 2013 - USAgNet.com. All Rights Reserved.