HOG STATS: Hogs on Sask, Ontario and US farms - July 2006

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In Saskatchewan: July 1, 2006 Pigs on Farms (Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food, August 16, 2006)

http://www.agr.gov.sk.ca/docs/statistic ... ms0607.pdf

Statistics Canada’s quarterly survey estimates total pigs on Saskatchewan farms at 1,340,000 head on July 1, 2006 – down 4 per cent from the July 1, 2005 estimate of 1,395,000 head.

Hog prices softened in the fall of 2005 and have remained relatively low.

The survey reported: a 1 per cent increase in the breeding herd from 2005; and a 5 per cent decrease in market hog inventories from 2005.

Farrowings in the July-September 2006 period are expected to be down 2 per cent from third quarter 2005, and October-December 2006 farrowings are expected to be up 2 per cent from fourth quarter 2005.

http://www.agr.gov.sk.ca/docs/statistic ... ms0607.pdf

To read the complete Statistics Canada report, click here

http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/2 ... 006003.pdf

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In ONTARIO: Number of Pigs on Farms, July 1986 to July 2006 ('000 head)

http://www.omaf.gov.on.ca/english/stats ... /pigs.html

Author: Bill McGee - Coordinator, Science and Statistics/OMAFRA

Last Reviewed: 16 August 2006

Date: July 1, 2006 – 3, 600,000

References: Statistics Canada

For more information: Email: stats@omafra.gov.on.ca

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IN UNITED STATES - June 1, 2006 Hogs and Pigs Report:

Illinois Field Office • PO Box 19283 • Springfield, IL 62794-9283 • www.nass.usda.gov • 800-622-9865
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT
June 30, 2006 Brad Schwab or Mark Schleusener
SPRINGFIELD, IL - The Illinois Field Office of NASS today released the USDA's June 1

EXCERPT: UNITED STATES
U.S. inventory of all hogs and pigs on June 1, 2006 was 60.9 million head. This was up slightly from June 1, 2005 and up one percent from March 1, 2006. Breeding inventory, at 6.06 million head, was up one percent from both last year and from the previous quarter. Market hog inventory, at 54.9 million head, was up slightly from last year and up two percent from last quarter.

Full report at:

http://www.agstats.state.il.us/releases ... %202006%22