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Pig farming, pork farming, pig production or hog farming is the raising and breeding of domestic pigs as livestock, and is a branch of animal husbandry. Pigs are farmed principally for food (e.g. pork : bacon , ham , gammon ) and skins .
As of 2006 Smithfield raised 15 million pigs a year and processed 27 million, producing over six billion pounds of pork [1] and, in 2012, 4.7 billion gallons of manure. [15] Killing 114,300 pigs a day, it was the top pig-slaughter operation in the United States in 2007; along with three other companies, it also slaughtered 56 percent of the ...
Hanged pork carcass and offal in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. China was the largest producer of pork in the world in 2020 followed by the European Union and the United States. China, EU and the United States accounted for roughly 76% of the world's pork production as per FAS/USDA [21]
By raising less than 2% of the nation’s pork, California should not be telling producers across the country, let alone the top pork-producing state, how to raise their animals.
The pork industry is attacking California's farm animal law with hogwash. Here are the facts. Column: Pork producers are in full squeal over California's farm animal rules.
The pork industry is ramping up production to satisfy our pork carvings, with pork production expected to increase by more than 5% in 2017. "The pork industry has no plans to slow down," Bir said.
Trade in pork bellies declined, and they were delisted from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in 2011. [94] [95] In 2023, China produced more pork than any other country, 55 million tonnes, followed by the European Union with 22.8 million tonnes and the United States with 12.5 million tonnes. Global production in 2023 was 120 million tonnes. [96]
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