Swine Facts
- Is the 5th largest pork producing state in the country
- In 1980 there were 24,100 pork farms in Indiana
- In 2004 there are 3,200 pork farms in Indiana (86.5% fewer than 1980)
- There are 1393 swine farms (CFOs) in Indiana with 600+ pigs
- There are 338 swine farms (CAFOs) in Indiana with 2500+ pigs
- By size, (2004) 87% of Indiana hog farms had fewer than 2000 head
10% of Indiana hog farms had 2,500 to 5000 head
3% of Indiana hog farms had over 5000 head
- Indiana swine industry employs about 15,700 people
- Indiana swine industry generates about $44 million pf personal income
- Spends more than $465 million in local rural communities
- Contributes $3 billion annually to Indiana’s economy
- Is the leading consumer of Indiana grain, over $250 million worth
- Pigs eat over 73 million bushels of corn, nearly 12 % of the corn grown in Indiana
- Pigs eat over 18.7 million bushels of soybeans, nearly 8% of the beans grown in Indiana
- Markets over 6.1 million pigs a year (2004)
- Indiana farms sold $738.5 million worth of hogs (2004)
- Delivers the annual pork needs of every man, woman, and child in Indiana,
plus feeds 5 million more people in the United States
plus feeds 5 million more people around the world
- The average profit per pig sold in the last 10 years is $5.52
- Per capita consumption of pork in the U.S. is 51.4 pounds
Indiana Pork Facts:
Wabash County Pork Facts:
Number all farms in Wabash Co: 799
Number Swine farms: 85 (2002)
Number of those regulated by I.D.E.M.: 83
Number of CFO’s (600 to 2499 pigs): 65
Number of CAFO’s (2500 + ): 18
Number pigs marketed annually: 286,238
County ranked 8th in Indiana (2002)
Value of sales: $20,200,000
Pigs eat 24% of all corn grown in the county
Pigs eat 20% of all soybeans grown in the county
Most Wabash County farms will do business with 50 to 70 local vendors
1987 - 135,358
1992 – 132,584
1997 – 127,954
2002 – 106,819 (Notice: a 21.1% decrease from 1987)
Inventory of Hogs & Pigs, Wabash County (Ag census stats)