date:Apr 01, 2013
,000 hogs and pigs, the agency said.
US hog producers are forecasting 2.96 million sows farrowing during the March-May 2013 quarter, down 1 percent from the actual farrowings during the same period in 2012, but up 1 percent from 2011. Intended farrowings for June-August 2013, at 2.91 million sows, declined 1 percent from 2012, and eased 1 percent from 2011.
The total number of hogs under contract owned by operations with over 5,000 head, but raised by contractees, accounted for 47 percent of