Lawrence, John D.; Grimes, Glenn C. - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2007
marketing 50,000 or more hogs per year. We estimate that 27 operations marketing at least 500,000 hogs a year sold 43% of US … hogs in 2006. The next 164 operations marketing between 50 and 500 thousand hogs a year sold 21% of US hogs. Another 21 … marketing less than 10,000 hogs a year and this size category is losing market share as larger operations expand. Producers in …