2017 March Hogs and Pigs Survey - Information Sheet

NASS Programs

2017 March Hogs and Pigs Survey

About the Survey

How NASS Collects Data

Who Uses the Information

The March Hogs and Pigs Survey
gathers information from pork
producers in the United States.

During the first two weeks of
the month, NASS will survey
approximately 8,000 pork
producers, including contractors,
with the capacity to raise
breeding or market hogs.

Pork producers, analysts,
agribusinesses, and others use
data from the hogs and pigs
survey as a vital decision-making
tool.

USDA’s National Agricultural
Statistics Service (NASS)
conducts the quarterly hog
survey in March, June and
September collecting hog
information in the 30 largest
hog-producing states, which
together account for over
99 percent of total U.S. inventory.
The December survey covers all
states in the nation.
NASS will release the results of
the survey in the Quarterly Hogs
and Pigs report on March 30,
2017. All reports are available
on the NASS website: www.nass.
usda.gov/Publications/.

NASS will collect market hog
and breeding stock inventories,
farrowing intentions, and
information on the latest pig
crop.
Producers may respond in either
of the following ways:
• Online – Respond at www.
agcounts.usda.gov. Online
reporting is the fastest, most
cost-effective and most
secure way to complete the
survey. To get started, use
the identification number and
easy to follow instructions on
the survey form.
• By mail or fax – Producers fill
out the survey questionnaire
and return it in the envelope
provided or by fax.
A NASS representative will
contact producers who do not
respond to offer the option of a
telephone or personal interview.

United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service

• Livestock producers and
feeders rely on NASS reports
to evaluate a wide range of
information when making
decisions on purchases, sales,
and capital investments.

• Producers also use the upto-date production and
inventory information to
anticipate supply- and
demand-based pricing.

• Analysts use information on
breeding stock inventory,
farrowing intentions, the
latest pig crop, and average
litter size to forecast the
expansion and contraction
of pork production.

• Processors, warehouses,
storage companies, and the
transportation sector rely
on the reports to anticipate
future volume.

www.nass.usda.gov