1. Swine Industry Topic # 3121 Basic Concepts Melinda Klockziem

2. Swine Trivia How did Wall Street get it name? –Free roaming pigs once rampaged through New York City. They erected a wall to help prevent this. Where did the saying “living high on the hog” come from? –Enlisted men who received shoulder and leg cuts of pork while officers received the top loin cuts.

3. Industry USA Pork Production –USA Second in the world China is number one. –Corn Belt Feed availability www.geog.umn.edu/ courses/3101/

4. Industry Leading States –Iowa, North Carolina, Minnesota, Illinois, and Indiana Michigan –Ranks 13 th in hog production insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/ michodo/micounty.gif

5. Industry Organization Classified by type Four Types –Seedstock –Farrowing Operations –Finishing Operations –Farrow to Finish

6. Organization Seedstock –Provide breeding stock hogs To better the genetics, thus profitability Farrowing Operations –Maintain sows and sell young pigs to Finishers www.ces.purdue.edu/ pork/main.html

7. Organization Finishing Operation –Feed hogs until slaughter 5-6 months 240-270 pounds Farrow to Finish –Complete process from farrowing to slaughter.

8. The Other White Meat http://www.otherwhitemeat.com/default.asp?m=rec

9. Hog Quality Grades http://ars.sdstate.edu/AnimalEval/Swine/QualityGrades.htm

10. The End http://www.thepigpage.com/carroll/images/img02.jpg