Iowa is the top producer of hogs in the United States, with about $10.9 billion in cash receipts in 2022, according to the latest report from the USDA Economic Research Service (ERS).
Iowa accounted for about 35.5% of the $30.6 billion in total U.S. cash receipts for hogs in 2022, ERS noted.
Cash receipts represent the value of sales of hogs by farmers to processors or final users. ERS estimates farm sector cash receipts—the cash income received from agricultural commodity sales—three times each year. These data include estimates broken down by state and commodity and offer background information on the nation’s agriculture industry.
The top four states include:
1. Iowa with cash receipts of $10.9 billion in 2022
2. Minnesota with cash receipts of $3.6 billion in 2022
3. North Carolina with cash receipts of $3.1 billion in 2022
4. Illinois with cash receipts of $2.1 billion in 2022
“The top 10 hog-producing states cumulatively accounted for 87.6% of hog receipts,” ERS said in the report.
The latest USDA Hogs and Pigs report indicated there were nearly 75 million hogs in the U.S. as of December 1, 2023.
Information is available in the ERS Farm Income and Wealth Statistics data product, updated in February 2024.
