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Small hog operations decline in number; production shifts to larger operations

  • by Economic Research Service
  • 10/3/2011
  • Hogs & Pork
A chart showing the share of hog production output between 1998 and 2009.

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Between 1998 and 2009, the total number of hog operations fell by about 60 percent, and the average inventory grew from 2,589 to 7,930 head. Over this period, the number of hog operations producing fewer than 300 animal units declined rapidly, resulting in a shift in production to larger operation. In 2009, over half of all hog production occurred in operations with 1,000 or more animal units. This chart is from Trends and Developments in Hog Manure Management: 1998-2009M, EIB-81, September 2011.

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