Today, USDA released its quarterly Hogs and Pigs report for the June through August quarter. The total inventory of hogs and pigs on 1 Spetmeber was 76.48 milllion head, which was up from 76.133 million head in 2023.
Typically, inventories grow from 1 June and peak for the year on 1 September, dropping back down on 1 December; 2018 and 2022 were the exceptions where 1 December inventories grew above the September inventory. The 2024 1 September inventory was up 2.6 percent from the inventory on 1 June. That compares to an average of 2.7 percent from 2018 to 2023, despite those years seeing some voliatility.
Note that the 1 June inventory was revised with the September report. Other revisions made in today...
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