USDA released its quarterly Hogs and Pigs report yesterday, confirming herd expansion and containing a number of records. The total inventory of hogs and pigs as of 1 June was 73.5 million head, 103 percent of last year and also up to 101 percent of the last quarter on 1 March. It was in line with the pre-report estimates and is the largest 1 June on record (since 1964). Market hogs totaled 67.1 million head, also 103 percent of year-ago levels as well as a record for 1 June.
Sows kept for breeding totaled 6.32 million head or 103 percent of last year, and that was the biggest market surprise in the report as industry expectations had this inventory at 101.7 percent. Producers reported their intention to farrow 3.17 million sows during...
The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.[2] The species is not truly migratory but it sometimes travels large distances to find food and water, especiall...
The common ostrich (Struthio camelus), or simply ostrich, is a species of flightless bird native to certain areas of Africa (and historically, Arabia) and is the largest living species of bird. The common ostrich is one of two extant species of ostriches, the only living members of the genus St...
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Lobelia (/loʊˈbiːliə, lə-/[4][5][6]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae comprising 415 species,[7] with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world, a few species extending into cooler temperate regions.[8] They are known g...
