ST. PAUL, Minn. — On June 1, 2023, there were 8.70 million hogs and pigs on Minnesota farms, according to the latest USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service – Hogs and Pigs report. Inventory was down 3 percent from the previous quarter but up 5 percent from the previous year.
The March-May 2023 quarterly pig crop was 3.09 million head, up 3 percent from the previous quarter but down 2 percent from last year. A total of 255,000 sows farrowed during this quarter. The average pigs saved per litter was 12.10 for the quarter.
As of June 1, producers planned to farrow 265,000 sows and gilts in the June-August 2023 quarter and 265,000 head during the September-November 2023 quarter.
United States Hogs and Pigs
United States inventory of all hogs and pigs on June 1, 2023, was 72.4 million head. This was up slightly from June 1, 2022, but down 1 percent from March 1, 2023.
Breeding inventory, at 6.15 million head, was down slightly from last year, but up 1 percent from the previous quarter.
Market hog inventory, at 66.2 million head, was up slightly from last year, but down 1 percent from last quarter.
The March-May 2023 pig crop, at 32.9 million head, was up 1 percent from 2022. Sows farrowing during this period totaled 2.90 million head, down 2 percent from 2022. The sows farrowed during this quarter represented 48 percent of the breeding herd. The average pigs saved per litter was 11.36 for the March-May period, compared to 11.00 last year.
United States hog producers intend to have 2.94 million sows farrow during the June-August 2023 quarter, down 4 percent from the actual farrowings during the same period one year earlier, and down 4 percent from the same
period two years earlier. Intended farrowings for September-November 2023, at 2.95 million sows, are down 4 percent from the same period one year earlier, and down 3 percent 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 51 percent of the total United States hog inventory, up 1 percent from the previous year.
Revisions
All inventory and pig crop estimates for June 2022 through March 2023 were reviewed using final pig crop, official slaughter, death loss, and updated import and export data. The revision made to the March 2023 all hogs and pigs inventory was 0.3 percent. The net revision made to the December 2022 all hogs and pigs inventory was 2.4 percent. A net revision of 3.0 percent was made to the September 2022-November 2022 pig crop.
The complete report can be found on the USDA NASS website at www.nass.usda.gov/Publications.
— USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
