he should have a 12½-pig-per-sow return on his investment of care and feed. For the second breeding, the Association will pay half the cost of a pure bred boar. The farmer must pay for cholera ...
The number of sows that farrowed during this three-month period was down slightly from 2023 at 2.96 million head, which represents 49% of the breeding herd. The average pigs saved per litter was ...
23. Breeding Herd and Pig Crop The breeding inventory was 6 million head, also up about 1% from 2023 but slightly down from last quarter. The September-November pig crop was 35.2 million, up nearly 2% ...