Frequently Asked Questions

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Pork Facts

• Recognition of pork as a white meat grows
• Pork is the world’s most widely eaten meat
• Pork’s popular slogan proves influential at the meatcase
• Pork leads meat pizza toppings
• Pork leads in annual eatings of all proteins
• Pork grain usage
• Lean pork compared with lean chicken
• Today’s pork: cooking know-how
• Making sense of the meatcase
• Cooking today’s lean pork
• U.S. population by age
• Time crunched
• Everything but the oink page 1
• Everything but the oink page 2
• Today’s pork

Did You Know?

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Pork Checkoff

• History page 1
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• Timeline page 1
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The Pork Story

• History of pork page 1
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• Pork production today
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• Swine production systems page 1
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Swine Care

• Pork production today
• Commonly asked questions about swine care
• Types of production page 1
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• Types of production page 3
• Types of production page 4
• Education programs for swine care page 1
• Education programs for swine care page 2
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• Education programs for swine care page 4

Environment

• Consumer questions about pork production
• Production practices and manure management page 1
• Production practices and manure management page 2
• Production practices and manure management page 3
• Production practices and manure management page 4
• Production practices and manure management page 5 
• Production and the environment page 1
• Production and the environment page 1
• Odor management
• Complying with regulations
• Research
• Summary
• References
• Environmental Stewards Introduction
• Environmental Stewards 2004
• Environmental Stewards 2005
• Environmental Stewards 2006

• Structure and Productivity
  • U.S. pig production density page 1
  • U.S. pig production density page 2
  • America’s top 100 pig counties
  • U.S. hogs and pigs inventory page 1
  • U.S. hogs and pigs inventory page 2
  • National Hog Farmer Hogs & Pigs Inventory 2002 & Number of hog operations by inventory size
  • Number of U.S. hog operations
  • U.S. marketings by producer size & Number, percent and market share of U.S.operations by producer size
  • Productivity measures of U.S. pig herds
• U.S. Packing Sector
  • Estimated U.S. daily slaughter capacity
  • U.S. packing plant closings & U.S. commercial hog slaughter
• Trade
  • U.S. Pork exports, imports and net exports
  • Worldwide pork consumption
  • Top 20 markets for U.S. Pork exports & Top 10 pork-producing countries
  • Canadian hog/pork exports
  • Canadian pork exports & Canadian live hog exports
  • Canadian hog inventory
  • Canadian hog/pork production
• Prices and Supply
  • Cost to produce a market hog & Feeder pig and market hog prices
  • Livestock slaughter and meat production
  • U.S. market barrow and gilt prices
  • Percent change - slaughter and price
  • U.S. seasonal pork price indexes
  • Hog-corn price ratio & Hog-corn ratio and pork production
• Consumption and Expenditures
  • U.S. per capita meat consumption
  • Nominal U.S. per capita meat expenditures

Glossary

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Names 'n' Numbers

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