Totaling 7.10 million head, the breeding inventory was up slightly from last year and last quarter. Market hog inventory, at 68.7 million head, was up 1 percent from last year but down 1 percent from last quarter. At 35.1 million head, the pig crop was up 1 percent from 2010 but down 3 percent from 2009. During this same period, sows farrowed totaled 3.56 million head, down 1 percent from last year and down 5 percent from 2009.
On March 1, US inventory of all hogs and pigs was 64.0 million head, which was up 1 percent from March 1, 2010, but down 3 percent from March 1, 2009. The breeding inventory, at 5.79 million head, was up slightly from last year and last quarter. Totaling 58.2 million head, market hog inventory was up 1 percent from last year, but down 1 percent from last quarter. The pig crop, at 28.0 million head, was up 1 percent from 2010 but down 2 percent from 2009.
During this period, sows farrowed totaled 2.86 million head, down 1 percent from 2010 and down 5 percent from 2009.
On April 1, Canadian inventory of all hogs and pigs totaled 11.8 million head. This was up 1 percent from April 1, 2010, but down 1 percent from April 1, 2009. The breeding inventory, at 1.31 million head, was down slightly from last year and last quarter.
Totaling 10.5 million head, market hog inventory was up 2 percent from last year but down 1 percent from last quarter. The pig crop, at 7.1 million head, was down 2 percent from 2010 and down 5 percent from 2009. Sows farrowed during this period totaled 708,000 head, down 2 percent from last year and down 6 percent from 2009.
