Losses Mount, Inventories Grow for Pork Producers, says ISU
US - By Professor John Lawrence. The USDA released the December Hogs and Pigs report on the 27 December and estimated the inventory of all hogs to be 65.1 million head, up 4.2 percent from a year earlier. The market hog inventory was up 4.5 percent while the breeding herd increased 1.1 per cent indicating that herd expansion is still underway.