Annual Productivity Growth in the U.S. Hog Industry

Ron Plain, Professor of Ag Economics
University of Missouri-Columbia
May 24, 2011

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------percent change from previous calendar year------


                Litters        Pigs per       Carcass
  Year*        per Sow        Litter         Weights        Total
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   1997        +4.49          +2.78          +1.42         +8.92

   1998        +0.34          -0.01          +0.19         +0.51

   1999        +0.43          +0.84          +1.04         +2.33

   2000        +3.51          +0.37          +1.78         +5.74

   2001        -0.10          +0.08          +1.12          +1.10

   2002        +0.67          +0.07          +0.39          +1.13

   2003        +2.09          +0.61          +0.76          +3.50

   2004        +1.07          +0.62          +0.32          +2.02

   2005        -0.13          +0.87          +0.73          +1.48

   2006        -0.57          +0.79          +0.66          +0.88

   2007        +3.55          +1.49          -0.01          +5.08

   2008        -1.80          +2.21          -0.25          +0.12

   2009        -0.20          +2.13          +0.97          +2.91

   2010        +0.35          +1.68          +0.53          +2.57

   5 Yr Avg.   +0.26          +1.66          +0.38          +2.31


Sources: USDA Hogs & Pigs Reports, USDA Livestock Slaughter, and MU estimates

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