COMMODITY COMMODITY CORNER Oklahoma ranks No. 9 in U.S. for hog production 48.3 MILLION PORK TENDERLOINS
2.1 MILLION HOGS were produced in Oklahoma in 2015.
That’s enough to make ...
4.2 MILLION HAMS
869.4 MILLION SLICES OF BACON
In 2015, Oklahoma produced about
1.56 BILLION lbs of pork UP 23% from 2014
Source: NASS
Today’s hog producers can produce the same amount of pork with fewer hogs.
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1,000 lbs = of pork
1959
TODAY
#1
TOP HOG-PRODUCING
COUNTIES #1 #3
Texas 1,100,000
Caddo 60,000
#5
#2 #4
Hughes 98,000
#3
#4
#2 #5
McClain 25,000
Pottawatomie 24,000 * based on hog inventory at the end of 2015 Source: NASS
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