Kansas inventory of all hogs and pigs on March 1, 2022, was 1.85 million head, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. This was down 7% from March 1, 2021, and down 7% from December 1, 2021.
Breeding hog inventory, at 155,000 head, was down 9% from March 1, 2021, and down 6% from last quarter. Market hog inventory, at 1.70 million head, was down 7% from last year, and down 7% from last quarter.
The December 2021-February 2022 Kansas pig crop, at 818,000 head, was down 7% from 2021. Sows farrowed during the period totaled 81,000 head, down 4% from last year. The average pigs saved per litter was 10.10 for the December-February period, compared to 10.50 last year.
Kansas hog producers intend to farrow 81,000 sows during the March-May 2022 quarter, down 8% from the actual farrowings during the same period a year ago. Intended farrowings for June - August 2022 are 78,000 sows, down 11% from the actual farrowings during the same period a year ago.
United States inventory of all hogs and pigs on March 1, 2022, was 72.2 million head. This was down 2 percent from March 1, 2021, and down 3 percent from December 1, 2021.
Breeding inventory, at 6.10 million head, was down 2 percent from last year, and down slightly from the previous quarter.
Market hog inventory, at 66.1 million head, was down 2 percent from last year, and down 3 percent from last quarter.
The December 2021-February 2022 pig crop, at 31.7 million head, was down 1 percent from last year. Sows farrowing during this period totaled 2.90 million head, down 1 percent from previous year. The sows farrowed during this quarter represented 47 percent of the breeding herd. The average pigs saved per litter was 10.95 for the December 2021-February 2022 period, compared to 10.94 last year.
United States hog producers intend to have 2.99 million sows farrow during the March-May 2022 quarter, down 2 percent from the actual farrowings during the same period one year earlier, and down 5 percent from the same period two years earlier. Intended farrowings for June-August 2022, at 3.03 million sows, are down 1 percent from the same period one year earlier, and down 7 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 49 percent of the total United States hog inventory, down 1 percent from the previous year.
All inventory and pig crop estimates for March 2021 through December 2021 were reviewed using final pig crop, official slaughter, death loss, and updated import and export data. The revision made to the December 2021 all hogs and pigs inventory was 0.1 percent. The net revision made to the September 2021 all hogs and pigs inventory was 0.6 percent. A net revision of 0.1 percent was made to the June-August 2021 pig crop.
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