ANS 3006C Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Specific-Pathogen-Free, Gestation Crate, Corn Belt

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Animal Sciences
• Course: ANS 3006C
• Professor: Tenbroeck Saundra

Document Summary

Eight pigs came to america with christopher columbus. Hernando de soto brought fifteen pigs to the tampa bay area and the herd grew to. Sir walter raleigh brought sows to jamestown in 1607. During the mid 1600s, pennsylvania was a major pork producing state. Post-revolutionary war, pork production moved more to the west. Duri(cid:374)g the (cid:373)id (cid:1005)(cid:1012)(cid:1004)(cid:1004)s, ci(cid:374)(cid:272)i(cid:374)(cid:374)ati (cid:271)e(cid:272)a(cid:373)e k(cid:374)ow(cid:374) as (cid:862)porkopolis(cid:863) (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause of its huge pork production. Top pork producing countries 1000 metric tons: china: 49,000. 50% of world production: usa: 10,555. 10% of world production: germany: 5,474. Top pork producing states 1000 metric tons. Iowa: 20,100: north carolina: 8,700, minnesota: 7,900. Then: pork produced in the corn belt states, fatter pigs. Fat is utilized as lard: pigs produced on numerous small farms. Raised in open lots and pastures: diversified farm production, consumers were more connected to agriculture. Now: geographic shift in production away from the corn belt. Sow numbers are increasing in oklahoma and north carolina.